Wolf Prize · Medicine

Wolf Prize 1989: Winners

Recipients

  1. Edward B. Lewis

    Biology

    for his demonstration and exploration of the genetic control of the development of body segments by homeotic genes.

  2. John B. Gurdon

    Biology

    for his introduction of the xenopus oocyte into molecular biology and his demonstration that the nucleus of a differentiated cell and of the egg differ in expression but not in the content of genetic material.