People · researcher
Barbara McClintock
1902–1992 · Genetics
- Lifespan
- 1902–1992
- Field
- Genetics
- Known For
- Transposable elements in maize: genes that move. Reported in 1950, disbelieved for decades, and given the prize at 81.
- Nationality
- American
- Nobel
- Medicine 1983
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