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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995

The story of the discoveries of Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus

Eric Wieschaus' homepage at Princeton University

Contents:
Introduction » Nüsslein-Volhard's and Wieschaus' Discoveries » Hunting for the Genes Behind Pattern Formation in Drosophila's Early Embryonic Development » Lewis' Discoveries » Homeotic Genes Determine Specialization of Segments » Homeotic Gene Complexes are Similar in Flies and Mammals » Consequences of the Discoveries » Aniridia » Congenital Malformations » From Egg to Adult Fly » Other Sources of Information »
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