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The first DNA diagram was drawn as a twisty ladder called “the drama helix.” Genetics is basically family history with math.

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The DNA double helix was described by Watson and Crick in 1953, with key data from Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. There was no diagram called the drama helix.

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