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Watson and Crick's 1953 paper on the structure of DNA, as Citation Creation sets it in Vancouver.

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Watson JD, Crick FHC. Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature. 1953 Apr 25;171(4356):737-8.
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Watson JD, Crick FHC.
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Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid.
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Nature.
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1953 Apr 25;171(4356):737-8.
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