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173:In 1969 he was appointed associate professor at
1141:People associated with the University of Zurich
689:"March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology"
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170:in New Haven as a postdoctoral fellow.
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514:"EMBO & EMBC annual report 2001"
350:Who's who in Science and Engineering
376:"Walter Jakob Gehring (1939–2014)"
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334:"Louis-Jeantet Prize, Year: 1987"
243:and their ancestors, but also in
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275:Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
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311:A.O. Kovalevsky Medal
179:developmental biology
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1090:Walter Jakob Gehring
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124:University of Zurich
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593:1984Natur.308..428M
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189:, President of the
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156:University of Basel
128:Yale Medical School
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