Barbara McClintock

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Nobel laureate cytogeneticist geneticist human

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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Discovery of controlling elements in maize ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → cytogeneticist → geneticist → human →
academicDegree	PhD in botany →
awardReceived	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research → Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize → MacArthur Fellowship → 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 →
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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Barbara McClintock ("Discovery of controlling elements in maize") →	notableWork