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Carl Woese

1928–2012 · Microbiology

Lifespan
1928–2012
Field
Microbiology
Known For
Read ribosomal RNA to build a tree of life from sequence rather than shape, and found a third domain nobody had suspected: the archaea.
Nationality
American

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