Where did Maurice Wilkins live for most of his career?
New Zealand
United States
Canada
Britain
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Maurice Wilkins was born in New Zealand, but he moved to Britain when he was still young. He spent most of his career there, and he made many important contributions to the field of biology. He was one of the scientists who discovered the structure of DNA, and he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with James Watson and Francis Crick for this work.
The Life and Legacy of Maurice Wilkins: A Biophysicist Extraordinaire
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