Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Andrew Miller (Labour), on Wednesday, 24 April 2013, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF DNA

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of the double-helix structure of DNA; further notes that much of the data that were used by Crick and Watson came from unpublished work by Rosalind Franklin and several others; applauds the discovery of DNA as having had a major impact on biology, particularly in the field of genetics; and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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1305 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Hywel Williams

Roger Williams

Pamela Nash

Julian Huppert

Stephen Metcalfe

Subjects

Genetics Innovation Science

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk