Read the Wikipedia page on Rosalind Franklin. Hers is a famous story in science about the failure to recognize the work of all contributing individuals as well as the sexism that was common and accepted at that time.
Note: James Watson, one of the two scientists described in this lesson, worked as director, president and chancellor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (the institution that runs the dnaftb.org site) for nearly 40 years. This may explain why there is no hint of controversy over Franklin’s contribution in Lesson 19, although nearly all other publications at least mention this in passing.
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