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Did George Beadle win the Nobel Prize alone?

  • Yes

  • No, with Edward Tatum

  • No, with Linus Pauling

  • No, with Albert Einstein

Answer

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 was jointly awarded to George Beadle and Edward Tatum, along with Joshua Lederberg, for their discoveries concerning "genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material." Their research contributed to understanding the role of genes in controlling biochemical events in cells.
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