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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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