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Born May 20, 1918 • Wilkes-Barre • Pennsylvania
Died July 21, 2004 (aged 86) • Pasadena • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1995) • National Medal of Science (1990)
Subjects Of Study colinearity principle
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Hermann Joseph Muller
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Carol W. Greider
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Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
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William G. Kaelin, Jr.
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Jeffrey C. Hall
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Michael W. Young
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Michael Rosbash
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Nirenberg, Marshall Warren
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
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Harold Varmus
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Gregg L. Semenza
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Thomas C. Südhof
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Randy W. Schekman
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