Papers of M H F Wilkins: letters by Francis Crick concerning DNA modelling and the origin of the genetic code

  • Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
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1966-1967
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K/PP178/3/5/15
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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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Letter from Francis Crick to Stephen Pelc, Biophysics Department, King’s College London, 14 Dec 1966, concerning errors in DNA model building at King’s by Pelc and M G Welton; photocopy article, ‘Origin of genetic code’, published in Nature, 24 Dec 1966, reporting a talk by Crick to the British Biophysical Society in which he referred to Pelc and Wilton’s work; photocopy letter from Crick to John Maddox, editor, Nature, 5 Jan 1967, requesting corrections to the article, with accompanying typescript clarifications.

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1966-1967

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King's College London; Nature

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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