Nobel prize-winning French biologist dies

He won the Nobel prize jointly with compatriots Andre Lwoff and Jacques Monod "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis."
His work dealt mainly with the genetic mechanisms in bacteria and he held several prestigious fellowships and received a raft of honorary degrees from around the world.
Jacob was expected to be commemorated at a military ceremony on Wednesday at Paris's Les Invalides military monument.
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