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1902- . US geneticist who discovered that
some genes can change their position on a
chromosome from generation to generation.
This would explain how originally identical
cells take on specialized functions as skin,
muscle, bone, and nerve, and also how
evolution could give rise to the multiplicity
of species. She was awarded a Nobel prize
1983.