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title: Watson and Crick paper on DNA
date: "2004-08-18T12:00:00Z"
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description: Explore the original Nature paper by Watson and Crick detailing the molecular structure of DNA. This landmark publication includes their famous observation that the specific base pairing suggests a fundamental copying mechanism for genetic material.
keywords: [dna structure, watson and crick, nature magazine, molecular biology, genetic material, double helix]
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[Watson and Crick's original paper on DNA](http://biocrs.biomed.brown.edu/Books/Chapters/Ch%208/DH-Paper.html) in Nature magazine.

> It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.

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## Comments

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- **Dae-Hyun Hahm** _12 Sep 2006 6:22 am_:
  I am a teaching professor and I need that paper in PDF for teaching in University.

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