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Joshua Lederberg was a molecularbiologist and geneticst. Tatum was also a geneticst. Both were from the USA.

Lederberg and Tatum discovered the genetic recombination in bacteria.

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Joshua Lederberg was born on May 23, 1925.


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Joshua Lederberg died on 2008-02-02.


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Why did Joshua Lederberg win The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958?

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958 was divided, one half jointly to George Wells Beadle and Edward Lawrie Tatum for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events and the other half to Joshua Lederberg for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria.


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Germany


What Nobel Prize did Joshua Lederberg win and when was it awarded?

Joshua Lederberg won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958.


What did Esther and Joshua Lederberg do?

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Who coined the term plasmid?

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Why did Edward Lawrie Tatum win The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958?

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