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Edward B. Lewis  

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  • Edward B. Lewis was an American geneticist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995 with his studies on the Drosophila fly which contributed to the foundation of the field of developmental genetics. He shared the Nobel Prize with Eric Wieschaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Lewis, Edward B. (1918–2004)]

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