Muller's Nobel Prize was in which category?
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In 1946, Hermann Joseph Muller won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that X-rays can produce mutations in fruit flies. His experiments, which began in the early 1920s, showed that radiation can cause genetic changes that can be passed on to future generations.
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Muller was also an advocate for what societal issue?
Where did Muller do significant part of his research in the 1930s?
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What academic title did Muller hold at the University of Edinburgh?
What did Muller believe about the nature of mutations?
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