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GEORGE WELLS BEADLE
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• GEORGE WELLS BEADLE (noun)
The noun GEORGE WELLS BEADLE has 1 sense:
1. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
Familiarity information: GEORGE WELLS BEADLE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Beadle; George Beadle; George Wells Beadle
Instance hypernyms:
biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)
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