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Michael W. Young

American geneticist · born March 28, 1949

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Michael Warren Young is an American biologist and geneticist. He has dedicated decades to research studying genetically controlled patterns of sleep and wakefulness within Drosophila melanogaster.

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  1. ~62Received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize2011
  2. ~68Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2017

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