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Barbara McClintock

1902–1992

Barbara McClintock (1902–1992) was an American cytogeneticist who discovered transposable elements, or 'jumping genes,' in maize, revolutionizing genetics. Her meticulous work, initially met with skepticism, earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983. She was known for her deep, intuitive understanding of biological systems and her independence from mainstream scientific trends.

Biology

The Stability of Broken Ends of Chromosomes in Zea Mays (1941)
Mutable Loci in Maize (1950)
The Discovery and Characterization of Transposable Elements (1987)
Nobel Lecture: The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge (1983)
A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock (biography by Evelyn Fox Keller, 1983)

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