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.
However, two scientists got the  credit for discovering the double helix shâ¦ape of DNA, James Watson  and Francis Crick. Watson and Crick get the credit for discovering  the double helix shape because Rosalind Franklin died in 1958, and  the first Nobel prize for discovery wasn't awarded until 1962.