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Also Known As Alfred Day Hershey
Born December 4, 1908 • Michigan
Died May 22, 1997 (aged 88) • New York
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1969)
Subjects Of Study DNA • bacteriophage
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Max Delbrück, c. 1960s.
Max Delbrück
American biologist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Salvador E. Luria.
Salvador Luria
Italian-American biologist
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Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
Crick, Francis
Francis Crick
British biophysicist
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Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
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Hermann Joseph Muller
American geneticist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
American scientist Craig C. Mello
Craig C. Mello
American geneticist
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Jeffrey C. Hall
American geneticist
McClintock, Barbara
Barbara McClintock
American scientist
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Michael W. Young
American geneticist
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Michael Rosbash
American geneticist
Brown, Michael S.
Michael S. Brown
American geneticist
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Joseph L. Goldstein
American geneticist

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