First, Franklin took a picture of DNA’s B form. That photo was acquired through Franklin bundling super …show more content…
She discovered phosphates are on the outside of the DNA strands. The phosphates are on the outside so that the phosphate-phosphate interhelical bonds are disrupted by water. Also, the hydrophilic phosphates caused the molecule to soak up water and lengthen causing the wet DNA to produce a sharp diffraction picture that resembled the pattern of a x; further proving phosphates are on the outside. Through Franklin’s research, phosphates were discovered to be on the outside of DNA strands which allowed other information to be put in place; such as nitrogenous bases and sugar. Franklin opened a passageway for Watson and Crick to further more their own discovery. In addition to finding phosphates are placed on the outside of DNA strands; Franklin also discovered DNA is …show more content…
People may believe this because Watson and Crick did end up constructing a model of DNA’s structure. Watson and Crick determined how the nitrogenous bases, sugars, and phosphates are placed on the DNA strand. However, if they did not obtain Franklin’s own discoveries they would have never correctly built a model of DNA’s structure. Franklin proved a photo that showed the double helix structure, the antiparallel lines, and the phosphates on the outside of the the DNA strand.Watson and Crick used Franklin’s discoveries but never acknowledged her in the paper. Therefore, without Franklin, Watson and Crick would have never built a proper model of DNA’s structure within eighteen months and not have discovered the correct structure of