Edward B. Lewis
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Edward B. Lewis was an American geneticist and developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development, for which he shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15532148 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward B. Lewis Context triple: [Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, coAwardedWith, Edward B. Lewis]
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Walter Gehring
Walter Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on homeotic genes and the genetic control of body plan formation in animals.
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Eric F. Wieschaus
Eric F. Wieschaus is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering genetic studies of embryonic development in the fruit fly Drosophila.
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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.
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Herman J. Muller
Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
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E.
George W. Beadle
George W. Beadle was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the "one gene–one enzyme" hypothesis, which helped establish the field of molecular genetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward B. Lewis Target entity description: Edward B. Lewis was an American geneticist and developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development, for which he shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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A.
Walter Gehring
Walter Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on homeotic genes and the genetic control of body plan formation in animals.
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B.
Eric F. Wieschaus
Eric F. Wieschaus is an American developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering genetic studies of embryonic development in the fruit fly Drosophila.
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C.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.
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D.
Herman J. Muller
Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
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E.
George W. Beadle
George W. Beadle was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the "one gene–one enzyme" hypothesis, which helped establish the field of molecular genetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard