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New paper reexamines Rosalind Franklin's famous DNA Photograph 51

Original: Photograph 49 is the Key to Understanding the History of Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Photograph 51 Open Access (says Springe

An open-access paper argues that Photograph 49, an earlier image, is key to understanding the history of Rosalind Franklin's celebrated DNA Photograph 51. The authors contend that colleagues and later commentators overlooked Franklin's original reason for producing the strikingly clear image, offering a fresh reading of how her contribution to the discovery of DNA's structure has been told.

Why now: The paper challenges long-standing narratives about Franklin's role and intentions in the DNA structure discovery, a topic of ongoing debate in science history.

Rosalind FranklinPhotograph 51SpringerDNA

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• Photograph 49 is the Key to Understanding the History of Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Photograph 51 Open Access (says Springer) "We argue that colleagues and later commentators did not merely overlook Franklin’s original reason for creating the strikingly clear and informative… · ml@ecoevo.social · 5

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