Barbara McClintock (1902 to 1992) was an American scientist and cytogeneticist awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on maize genetics. After completing her doctorate in botany at Cornell University in 1927, she spent her career studying chromosomes in corn, developing a technique to visualize them under the microscope and using it to demonstrate genetic recombination through crossing-over during meiosis and the roles of the telomere and centromere in preserving genetic information.
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Defining ContributionAwarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of genetic transposition, demonstrated through her cytogenetic research on maize chromosomes. 1 Connections
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Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902, September 2, 1992) was an American scientist and cytogeneticist
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was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize
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awarded to her in 1983 for the discovery of genetic transposition
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There, she started her career as the leader of the development of maize cytogenetics, the focus of her research for the rest of her life.
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