What field of science did Maurice Wilkins specialize in?
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Maurice Wilkins was a British biophysicist who was one of three people awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for their work on the structure of DNA. Wilkins, along with Rosalind Franklin and James Watson, helped to determine the structure of DNA, which is the genetic material that makes up all living things.
The Life and Legacy of Maurice Wilkins: A Biophysicist Extraordinaire
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