Gallery 16: Throughout his life, Beadle maintained an interest in agriculture and gardening - the farm boy Nobel Laureate.

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16368. Gallery 16: George Beadle at the Nobel Awards ceremonies.

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16367. Gallery 16: Telegram sent to Edward Tatum telling him that he, George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg will share the 1958 Nobel Pri

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16361. Gallery 16: Young George Beadle, around 1908.

Young George Beadle, around 1908.

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16401. Gallery 18: 1958 Nobel Prize winners

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16685. Biography 32: Barbara McClintock (1902 -1992)

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16362. Gallery 16: George Beadle at work in his lab at Stanford.

George Beadle at work in his lab at Stanford.

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15009. George Wells Beadle and Edward Tatum

won Nobel in physiology or medicine in 1958 for work demonstrating the "one gene one protein" hypothesis. elegant experiment done with Edward Tatum. induced mutations that caused lack of vitamin B6 in red bread mold.

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