porkstock
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i'm a scientist
franklin's xray data pretty much was the data that allowed watson and crick to come up with the double helix
the conflicting paper you may be talking about xorkoth, suggested that the sugars were on the inside of the helix with the bases exposed (someone may have said this in the thread already)
this is incorrect, because the phosphates off the sugar ring are negatively charged. they would repel each other if placed on the inside. they are better suited to be on the outside and interact with water molecules.
the bases are nonpolar or 'greasy' and don't like to interact with water. so it makes sense that they are on the inside of the helix.
franklins data gave the distances
watson and crick fit model together. maybe he did think about it on LSD. but they did "steal" data from that rosalynd? chick.
and the other paper was wrong.
franklin's xray data pretty much was the data that allowed watson and crick to come up with the double helix
the conflicting paper you may be talking about xorkoth, suggested that the sugars were on the inside of the helix with the bases exposed (someone may have said this in the thread already)
this is incorrect, because the phosphates off the sugar ring are negatively charged. they would repel each other if placed on the inside. they are better suited to be on the outside and interact with water molecules.
the bases are nonpolar or 'greasy' and don't like to interact with water. so it makes sense that they are on the inside of the helix.
franklins data gave the distances
watson and crick fit model together. maybe he did think about it on LSD. but they did "steal" data from that rosalynd? chick.
and the other paper was wrong.