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Born November 29, 1907 • Pisa • Italy
Died September 24, 1999 (aged 91) • near Zermatt • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study vinegar fly • Aspergillus • recombination
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
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Theodosius Dobzhansky
American scientist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
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Jeffrey C. Hall
American geneticist
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala
American geneticist and biologist
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Michael W. Young
American geneticist
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Michael Rosbash
American geneticist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German geneticist
Joshua Lederberg, 1958.
Joshua Lederberg
American geneticist
Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-American virologist
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Mario R. Capecchi
American scientist
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
botanist
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Ian Wilmut
British biologist
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Bruce Ames
American biochemist and geneticist
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Venter, J. Craig
J. Craig Venter
American geneticist, biochemist, and businessman
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Fred H. Gage
American geneticist
Weismann, August
August Weismann
German biologist
Francis Collins
Francis Collins
American geneticist

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