Mary-Claire King
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 78 |
| Date of birth | February 27,1946 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Illinois |
| United States | |
| Residence | United States |
| Thesis | human evolution |
| Job | Professor |
| Geneticist | |
| Educator | |
| Awards | National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences |
| Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize | |
| Weizmann Women & Science Award | |
| Pearl Meister Greengard Prize | |
| Dan David Prize in the Future Time Dimension | |
| Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science | |
| Known for | genetics |
| human rights | |
| Doctor advisor | Allan Wilson |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable student | Barbara Cohn |
| Academic advisor | Allan Wilson |
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| ID | 1875341 |
Mary-Claire King Life story
Mary-Claire King is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits.
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