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Barbara McClintock
Definition
- Barbara McClintock was a cytogeneticist best known for her discovery of transposons (a term derived from “transposition”) in maize genes. In 1983, she was the first woman to be awarded an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. [Source: Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication; Mcclintock, Barbara (1902–1992)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Barbara_McClintock
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