Rosalind Franklin did not share in the Nobel Prize for determining the structure of DNA,although her work was critical to it,because she had died,and it is only awarded to living people.

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The statement is true. Rosalind Franklin passed away in 1958, four years before James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on determining the structure of DNA. The Nobel Prize is only awarded to living people, so Franklin was not eligible to receive it posthumously.

Rosalind Franklin Did Not Share in the Nobel Prize for Determining