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- Nobel laureate James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, has been stripped of honorary titles following “reprehensible” remarks on race and ethnicity.
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- He cited the difference in IQ tests results to suggest black inferiority.
More about their Nobel award winning work
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James Watson was a pioneer molecular biologist who is credited, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins.
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He discovers the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.
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The trio won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962 for their work.
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Watson and Crick used the new information to construct a new double-stranded helix model with the nitrogen bases paired A to T and C to G in the center.
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This base pairing immediately suggested to Crick that one side of the molecule could serve as a template to exactly replicate DNA sequences to pass on genetic information during cell reproduction.
Source
The Hindu