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James Watson, who died in 2025, is known for discovering, with Francis Crick, the:

Astructure of the protein haemoglobin, in 1959
Bgenetic code of messenger RNA, in 1961
Cprocess of DNA replication by enzymes, in 1958
Ddouble-helix structure of DNA, in 1953

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Correct answer: (d) double-helix structure of DNA, in 1953

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James Watson and Francis Crick described the double helix of DNA in 1953, using Rosalind Franklin's X-ray data. They shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Maurice Wilkins.