60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF DNA

Early day motion 1305, tabled 24 April 2013 by Andrew Miller (Labour). Signed by 9 members.

That this House marks the 60th anniversary of the discovery of DNA; notes that the article entitled Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid was published by Francis Crick and James D. Watson in the scientific journal Nature in its 171st volume on 25 April 1953; further notes that that was the first publication which described the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA; further notes that much of the data that were used by Crick and Watson came from unpublished work by Rosalind Franklin and several others; applauds the discovery of DNA as having had a major impact on biology, particularly in the field of genetics; and further marks one of the most profound scientific discoveries of the 20th Century.

Signatures by party: Labour 4, Conservative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 1.