Edward B. Lewis

Nobel Prize lecture

The Bithorax Complex: The First Fifty Years

Edward B. Lewis held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1995, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Nils Ringertz, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

The Bithorax Complex: The First Fifty Years

Edward B. Lewis held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1995, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Nils Ringertz, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1991-1995, Editor Nils Ringertz, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1997

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