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One of a number of similar sculptures by the artist, illustrating the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.

Clare College, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

Title

Double Helix

Date

2005

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 366 x W 444 x D 186 cm (E)

Accession number

ARTUK_06

Acquisition method

donated by Dr James Watson

Work type

Sculpture

Inscription description

At four equal points around the bottom of the sculpture: THE DOUBLE HELIX MODEL WAS SUPPORTED BY THE WORK / OF ROSALIND FRANKLIN AND MAURICE WILKINS; THE STRUCTURE OF DNA WAS DISCOVERED IN 1958 BY / FRANCIS CRICK AND JAMES WATSON / WHILE WATSON LIVED HERE AT CLARE; THE MOLECULE OF DNA / HAS TWO HELICAL STRANDS / THAT ARE LINKED BY BASE PAIRS / ADENINE-THYMINE OR GUANINE-CYTOSINE; THESE STRANDS UNRAVEL DURING CELL REPRODUCTION / GENES ARE ENCODED IN THE SEQUENCE OF BASES.

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