Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995
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Edward B. Lewis
Prize share: 1/3
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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Prize share: 1/3
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Eric F. Wieschaus
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995 was awarded jointly to Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus "for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development"
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