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Ep. 48 - Frankie Ros and the Race to the Center of the Helix

Nov 03, 20231 hr 29 min
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Episode description

Welcome back, we're learning about DNA!  We all have DNA, but honestly for a long part of human history, no one even knew about it.  What did it look like?  How was it organized?  Well, the star of this week's epsiode, Rosalind Franklin, helped to answer some of these key questions, but will anyone believe she made this discovery?  Listen to learn more! 

Image credits: "Rosalind Franklin" In Paris, from Wikimedia Commons.  link: https://www.cshl.edu/archives-blog/rosalind-franklin-would-be-100-years-old-today/

Sources: 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosalind-Franklin

https://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/about/facts-figures/dr-rosalind-franklin/

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/kr/feature/dna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA#History

https://www.biography.com/scientists/rosalind-franklin

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/meet-rosalind-franklin-a-sidelined-figure-in-the-history-of-dna-science

 

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