Milestones in Modern Science: The Discovery of DNA

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The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the greatest revelations of the last century, and it allowed the science of genetics to take off with breakneak speed, so that by the arrival of the new millennium our understanding of the make-up of living things was advanced beyond recognition. The Discovery of DNA charts the developments that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick in 1953 - from early ideas about inheritance, through the gradual understanding of cell structure and its relationship to genes, to the breakthrough that opened up a world of possibilities for our control over our own destiny, and the associated moral and ethical questions that have been posed as a result.