Assertion: crick's discovery | /r/CapableOf | mark milestone
Facets:
value: in the history of science
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The discovery in 1953 of the double helix, the twisted-ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), by James Watson and Francis Crick marked a milestone in the history of science and gave rise to modern molecular biology, which is largely concerned with understanding how genes control the chemical processes within cells.