View source for In-class Activity on DNA Structure

== Read (before class) ==

* “Monkey book” pp. 25–34, 451–456
* [http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf Watson, JDW & Crick, FHC (1953) A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.  ''Nature'' '''171''':737–738.]
* [http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/franklingosling.pdf Franklin, RE & Gosling, RG (1953) Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate. ''Nature'' '''171''':740–741.]

== Answer the Following Questions ==

# List the individual pieces of evidence that Watson and Crick used to determine the structure of DNA. For each piece of evidence, state what feature of the structure it explains.
# Did Watson and Crick appropriately cite the sources they used to determine the  structure of DNA in their 1953 ''Nature'' paper? If not, what should they have done?