Who discovered the structure of DNA in 1953?

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James Watson and Francis Crick
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Rosalind Franklin
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Oswald Avery
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Friedrich Miescher

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The structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick. They are credited with developing the double helix model of DNA based on experimental data, including X-ray diffraction images produced by Rosalind Franklin. While Franklin's work was crucial to the discovery, Watson and Crick are the ones who proposed the final structure.