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Essay Review: Defined by DNA: The Intertwined Lives of James Watson and Rosalind Franklin

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Selya, R. Essay Review: Defined by DNA: The Intertwined Lives of James Watson and Rosalind Franklin. Journal of the History of Biology 36, 591–597 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HIST.0000004575.16967.f3

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