# Principal Contribution

From @james-watson's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@james-watson.md](/@james-watson.md)

With Francis Crick, Watson proposed the DNA double-helix model in 1953, using evidence that included work by Rosalind Franklin, Raymond Gosling and Maurice Wilkins.

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