The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973
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Karl von Frisch
Prize share: 1/3
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Konrad Lorenz
Prize share: 1/3
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Nikolaas Tinbergen
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973 was awarded jointly to Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen "for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"
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