The dna helix changed how we thought about ourselves The discovery of dna’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself “the laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” charles darwin acknowledged in 1859
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The discovery of dna’s shape altered how we conceived.
The iconic image of the double‑helix, unveiled in 1953, did more than just solve a scientific puzzle—it reshaped the very way we think about ourselves and the
When most people hear about the discovery of dna, they picture james watson and francis crick in 1953, triumphantly holding up a model of the double helix But dna’s story doesn’t begin, or end, there In fact, the molecule that carries our genetic code had been sitting quietly in lab notebooks for almost a century before watson and crick entered the scene For we quickly discovered that we thought the same way about biology. the double helix the pair shared the belief that knowing the structure of dna might solve the enigma of the gene.
