Blueprint of life - Millennium

Gill Sans BoldSample answerWilkins was attempting to prepare DNA fibres and study them usingX-ray crystallography, and Franklin had highly developed X-raycrystallography skills and had developed new mathematical techniquesfor interpreting the resulting photographs. However, professionalantagonism between the two scientists meant that they did not discusstheir findings effectively and their individual attempts were hindered.Crick and Watson discussed the work of Wilkins, and by collaboration,inferred the 3-D double helix properties of DNA. However, at the sametime, Franklin was coming to the same conclusion in her work. If thescientists had worked together and all four of them had collaboratedmore effectively, the structure of DNA would have been determinedmuch more quickly.What mark did you give? Why?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Now go back to your answer and give yourself a mark. If you don’t giveyourself full marks, rewrite your answer below to cover all of theinformation needed to include to demonstrate the highest standard forthis question.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 6: What have you learnt? 21