Barbara McClintock
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Barbara McClintock

{s}Barbara McClintock is an American scientist
born in Connecticut in 1902 and died in New York in 1992. Barbara McClintock discovered that some
genes could be mobile, discovering genetic transposition.
•Fun Fact: When Barbara McClintock went to
Cornell University, women weren’t allowed to
major in genetics. Instead, she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in botany.

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