"A NOTE ON ALUN'S APPARENT INABILITY/UNWILLINGNESS TO ANSWER MY QUESTION 

 I regard this as being a perfectly normal and reasonable request: 

 Alun, have you read all of the available literature*? (IF you have not, there is simply no point in continuing this dialogue.) 195.92.168.163  

 A REMINDER:  
 Franklin: biographies by Sayre, Maddox; articles by Elkin, Abir-Am; Wilkins: ""The Third Man of DNA"" autobiography; Crick: ""What Mad Pursuit"" autobiography; Watson: The Double Helix; A Passion For DNA; Genes, Girls, and Gamow; DNA: The Secret of Life, ie his various autobiographical works. Watson: various biographies, including ""Watson and DNA"" by McElheny. Hunter: ""Light is A Messenger""(biography of Sir Lawrence Bragg); plus: De Chadarevian: ""Designs For Life"" (post WW11 Molecular Biology); Olby: ""The Path to the Structure of DNA""; Freeland Judson: ""The Eight Day of Creation""; Martin (195.92.168.163 ) 

 ps Not forgetting Chargaff's book, the name of which almost escapes me (something like 'Herculean Fire') which I have NOT yet read! MP 

 Alun, so what is your problem? These are the sources of information from which 'Wikipedia' can be corrected; what (if any) alternatives are there? You cannot update 'Franklin' references without good sources! (You are not doing her reputation any favours otherwise.) 

 Martin 
 

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