Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

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The momentous discovery made the two men world famous, and both went on to have successful careers in science. However, Dr Watson has been dogged with accusations of racism, sexism and homophobia.

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Much of the controversy comes from a central idea: that James Watson and Francis Crick -- the first to figure out DNA's shape -- stole data from another scientist named Rosalind Franklin.

Much of the controversy comes from a central idea: that James Watson and Francis Crick — the first to figure out DNA's shape — stole data from a scientist named Rosalind Franklin.