Barbara McClintock Biography

Barbara McClintock biography

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NAME: Barbara McClintock
OCCUPATION: Botanist, Geneticist
BIRTH DATE: June 16, 1902
DEATH DATE: September 02, 1992
EDUCATION: Cornell University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hartford, Connecticut
PLACE OF DEATH: Huntington, New York

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Scientist Barbara McClintock won a Nobel Prize in 1983 for her study of corn chromosomes, which revolutionized the field of cytogenetics.

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Scientist Barbara McClintock received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Botany. She specialized in cytogenetics, particularly the study of chromosomes in corn. She discovered the role of "controlling elements" in genetic regulation and transposition. Her work was considered too radical (or simply ignored) until it was replicated in the late 1960s. McClintock received the Nobel Prize in 1983.