1953 AD
Discovery of the DNA Double Helix
Watson and Crick publish the double-helix structure of DNA.
- Time period
- 1953 AD
- Region
- United Kingdom (Cambridge)
- Theme
- Science
- Civilization
- Modern Biology
On 25 April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published the double-helix model of DNA in Nature. It drew on X-ray work by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. The discovery launched modern molecular biology.