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Edward Lewis
Genetics · Genetics
Pasadena, United States
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GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995)0
Overview
Edward Lewis is a genetics specialist at California Institute of Technology. Based in Pasadena.
Biography
Edward Lewis was an American geneticist who discovered how genes control the body plan of developing organisms. His work on homeotic genes revolutionized developmental biology. Nobel Prize 1995.
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The life and contributions of Edward Lewis
1978
Mapped homeotic genes
Showed how clusters of genes control body segment identity in Drosophila
1995
Nobel Prize
For discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development