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  • APA style guide

    APA 7th edition

    Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. C. (1953). Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature, 171(4356), 737–738. https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0

  • MLA style guide

    MLA 9th edition

    Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.” Nature, vol. 171, no. 4356, Apr. 1953, pp. 737-38, https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.

  • Chicago style guide

    Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

    Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.” Nature 171, no. 4356 (1953): 737–38. https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.

  • Harvard style guide

    Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)

    Watson, J.D. and Crick, F.H.C. (1953) ‘Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid’, Nature, 171(4356), pp. 737–738. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.

  • IEEE style guide

    IEEE Reference Guide, 2025

    [1]
    J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick, “Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid,” Nature, vol. 171, no. 4356, pp. 737–738, Apr. 1953, doi: 10.1038/171737a0.

  • Vancouver style guide

    Vancouver (NLM Citing Medicine)

    1.
    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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