Meaning of âtraitâ in the English Dictionary. See all translations. uk â /treÉªt/ us â /treÉªt/. C2 a particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behaviour: His sense of humour is one of his better traits. Arrogance is a very unattractive personality/character trait.
It appeared in April 1953 in the scientific paper where James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure of the DNA-helix, the molecule that carries genetic information from one generation to the other.
James Watson and Francis Crick explain how they solved the structure of DNA. I'm James Watson. I'm Francis Crick. In 1953, Francis and I published the first accurate model of the DNA molecule. We were interested in DNA â the hereditary molecule of life. We wanted to build on what was chemically known about DNA, and determine its actual structure.