Labels:book | bulletin board | comic book | daily | person | tribute album OCR: BARBARA MCCLINTOCK 1902) HE AMERICAN biologist Barbara McClintock Famous for her pioneering research into how physical characteristics are passed from one generation to the next Her findings led her to conclude that genes can move about on the chromosomes (strands of DNA) in the nucleus (center) a cell, and that change in position of gene affects the behavior ofthe genes next McClintock's ideas about "jumping genes cells were soon pasn explain abnormal growth patterns and the development of cancer cells. 1983 she was awarded Nobel Prize for her work in genetics LFE ALSO STORY positior
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