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BIOLOGIST

Tsuneko Okazaki

1933 - Today

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Tsuneko Okazaki (岡崎 恒子, Okazaki Tsuneko, born June 7, 1933) is a Japanese pioneer of molecular biology known for her work on DNA replication and specifically for discovering Okazaki fragments, along with her husband Reiji. Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsuneko Okazaki has received more than 109,455 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tsuneko Okazaki is the 531st most popular biologist, the 1,005th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Tsuneko Okazaki ranks 531 out of 841Before her are Adam Lonicer, Arthur Cronquist, Nils Johan Andersson, George C. Williams, Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, and Euclides da Cunha. After her are Robert Sapolsky, Mary Agnes Chase, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Johannes Thiele, Philip Henry Gosse, and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tsuneko Okazaki ranks 253Before her are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Brad Harris, Ercole Baldini, Javier Lozano Barragán, Jean Becker, and William Smith. After her are Meena Kumari, Romuald Klim, Tamás Vásáry, John Taylor, Elly Ameling, and Tete Montoliu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tsuneko Okazaki ranks 1,005 out of 6,048Before her are Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Hidetsugu Yagi (1886), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Yukio Ozaki (1858), Shirase Nobu (1861), and Kyusaku Ogino (1882). After her are Ryuzo Hiraki (1931), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), and Gozo Shioda (1915).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Tsuneko Okazaki ranks 6Before her are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Motoo Kimura (1924), and Takenoshin Nakai (1882). After her are Tomitaro Makino (1862), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Bunzō Hayata (1874), Tokiharu Abe (1911), and Ryuta Kawashima (1959).