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christiane nusslein-volhard

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Nüss⋅lein-Vol⋅hard

[nys-lahyn-fawl-hahrt]
–noun
Chris⋅ti⋅a⋅ne [kris-tee-ah-nuh, kris-tyah-] , born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
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Nüss·lein-Vol·hard   (nüs'līn'fôl'härt')   
German biologist who shared a 1995 Nobel Prize in medicine for her work with fruit flies, which identified the genes that are essential for the embryonic development of the body segments.
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