maurice wilkins

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Definition

Proper noun: - Maurice Wilkins: An English biochemist and molecular biologist, best known for his crucial role in the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. His X-ray diffraction work provided key experimental data used by James Watson and Francis Crick to build their model.

Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • Maurice Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Watson and Crick.
    • The X-ray diffraction images produced by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin were instrumental in understanding DNA's structure.
    • A biography details the life and scientific contributions of Maurice Wilkins.
Advanced Usage
  • "The Wilkins data": A phrase used historically in scientific contexts to refer to the X-ray crystallography data of DNA fibers produced by Maurice Wilkins and his colleague Rosalind Franklin, which revealed the molecule's helical pattern.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wilkins (noun): A common shorthand reference to Maurice Wilkins within the historical narrative of molecular biology.
    • Wilkins continued his research in biophysics after the DNA discovery.
Synonyms
  • Scientist: A person who is studying or has expert knowledge in one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
  • Biophysicist: A scientist who applies the principles of physics to understand biological systems. (This describes a key aspect of Wilkins's work methodology).
Related Phrases
  • "The race for the structure of DNA": A historical term for the scientific competition in the early 1950s to determine DNA's three-dimensional shape, in which Maurice Wilkins was a central figure.
Noun
  1. English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)

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