What observation led Maurice Wilkins to discovery of the "double helix" structure of DNA?

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... although the pattern could not be seen in the microscope, the fiber could be studied by X-ray diffraction analysis, in which X-rays are bounced off the object and onto film, leaving a record of the object's shape ...

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