Watson, James Dewey

1928– American scientist who, with Francis Crick, discovered the double helical structure of DNA and went on to establish the Human Genome Project in the USA.

Keywords: DNA; protein structure; cold spring harbor laboratory; human genome project; the double helix

 Further Reading
    book Watson JD (1965) The Molecular Biology of the Gene. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings.
    book Watson JD (1968) The Double Helix. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
    book Watson JD, Gilman M, Witkowski JA and Zoller M (1992) Recombinant DNA. New York: WH Freeman & Co.
    book Watson JD (2000) A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
    book Watson JD and Tooze J (1981) The DNA Story: A Documentary History of Gene Cloning. San Francisco, CA: WH Freeman.
    book Alberts B, Bray D, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K and Watson JD (1994) Molecular Biology of the Cell. New York: Garland Publishing.
    book Judson HF (1996) The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology. Expanded Edition. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
    book Olby R (1974) The Path to the Double Helix. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
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Witkowski, JA(Apr 2001) Watson, James Dewey. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002445]