Barbara McClintock

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Barbara McClintock was an American cytogeneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering "jumping genes" (transposable elements) in maize, fundamentally transforming genetics.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
cytogeneticist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in botany ⓘ
awardReceived Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
linked to: MacArthur Fellows

National Medal of Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-06-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1992-09-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ⓘ
Cornell University ⓘ
familyName McClintock ⓘ
fieldOfWork cytogenetics ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
plant genetics ⓘ
fullName Barbara McClintock ⓘ
givenName Barbara ⓘ
hasResearchFocus chromosome breakage and fusion ⓘ
gene regulation in plants ⓘ
influenced modern molecular genetics ⓘ
understanding of genome plasticity ⓘ
knownFor concept of jumping genes ⓘ
discovery of transposable elements ⓘ
research on maize genetics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1983 ⓘ
notableAchievement first woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
notableWork Demonstration of genetic recombination by cytological methods in maize ⓘ
Discovery of controlling elements in maize ⓘ
linked to: Barbara McClintock
occupation cytogeneticist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Huntington, New York, United States ⓘ
residence Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
studied chromosomes ⓘ
maize ⓘ
transposable elements ⓘ
workLocation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ⓘ

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