Linus Pauling and Race for DNA: A Documentary History Narrative 
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28. "We wish to put forward a radically different structure...."
1953

A few days later, he received an advance copy of the Watson and Crick manuscript, which started by attacking his DNA model and ended by thanking Jerry Donohue for his help. Pauling looked it over and wrote his son, "I think that it is fine that there are now two proposed structures for nucleic acid, and I am looking forward to finding out what the decision will be as to which is incorrect. Without doubt the King's College data will eliminate one or the other." He still had not seen any of Franklin's or Wilkins's recent x-ray photos and withheld final judgment until he did.

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