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Who are the two other scientists that Maurice Wilkins worked closely with on the DNA structure?
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Maurice Wilkins, James Watson and Francis Crick are the three scientists who are credited with discovering the structure of DNA. Wilkins worked closely with Watson and Crick, and his research was essential to their eventual discovery. In particular, Wilkins provided the X-ray diffraction images of DNA that Watson and Crick used to build their model of the molecule.
The Life and Legacy of Maurice Wilkins: A Biophysicist Extraordinaire
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