NOUN
- English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
How To Use Francis Crick In A Sentence
- Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, proposes direct panspermia: dispersal of single-celled organisms throughout the Galaxy.
- In 1958, Francis Crick used and characterized the concept of information in the context of stating what he called the central dogma of molecular biology. Molecular Biology
- The discoverers of the DNA structure, James Watson, at left, and Francis Crick, look at their model of a DNA molecule.
- Francis Crick was one of the early proponents for the panspermia hypothesis, that is, that life actually originated somewhere else and came to earth.
- However, if the stripes go vertical, though, I submit, it's either a message from one of Francis Crick's unmanned (and unfound) spaceships or something equivalent. Critical Thinking Exercise: Bad Design
- One of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, Francis Crick, credited What Is Life? as a theoretical description, before the actual discovery of the structure of DNA (the existence of the molecule had been known for nearly 2 decades, but its role in reproduction and its helical shape had not even been guessed at this time), of how genetic storage would work and a source for inspiration for the initial research. Archive 2009-03-01
- Even the codiscoverer of the DNA double helix, Sir Francis Crick, displayed humility that is totally lacking in the present day know-alls.
- Jim Watson and Francis Crick were the discoverers of DNA.