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Born March 29, 1923 • England
Died May 15, 2009 (aged 86) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Subjects Of Study Wilson disease • ceruloplasmin • liver • mutation • penicillamine
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Hermann Joseph Muller
American geneticist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist
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Edward L. Tatum
American biochemist
Crick, Francis
Francis Crick
British biophysicist
Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard
French scientist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
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Evelyn M. Witkin
American geneticist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
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Bert Vogelstein
American oncologist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
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
Dr. Dorry Segev wearing glasses and a dark suit with black shirt speaks on stage, gesturing with both hands.
Dorry Segev
Israeli-born surgeon
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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
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German geneticist
American scientist Craig C. Mello
Andrew Z. Fire
American geneticist

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