Mcclintock
Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel prize 1983.
Historical Examples
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Work and Win Oliver Optic
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World Adolphus W. Greely
A Son of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories Mark Twain
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories Mark Twain
The Romance of Polar Exploration G. Firth Scott
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories Mark Twain
If, Yes and Perhaps Edward Everett Hale
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World Adolphus W. Greely
McClintock
(mə-klĭn’tək)
American geneticist who researched the chromosome theory of heredity and demonstrated how genes can control other genes and jump from chromosome to chromosome. These “jumping genes” were later called transposons. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1983.
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