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

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