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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barbara McClintock canonical | 4 |
| Discovery of controlling elements in maize | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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cytogeneticist ⓘ geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in botany ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ MacArthur Fellows ⓘ
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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
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ⓘ Cornell University ⓘ |
| familyName | McClintock ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cytogenetics
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genetics ⓘ plant genetics ⓘ |
| fullName | Barbara McClintock self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Barbara ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
chromosome breakage and fusion
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gene regulation in plants ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern molecular genetics
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understanding of genome plasticity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept of jumping genes
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discovery of transposable elements ⓘ research on maize genetics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Academy of Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| NobelPrizeCategory |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Physiology or Medicine
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| NobelPrizeYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
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Demonstration of genetic recombination by cytological methods in maize
Barbara McClintock self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Discovery of controlling elements in maize
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| occupation |
cytogeneticist
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geneticist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Huntington, New York, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
Huntington, New York, United States
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Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| studied |
chromosomes
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maize ⓘ transposable elements ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ⓘ |
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Discovery of controlling elements in maize