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From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements
The Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock
- 282 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements
The Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock
About this book
This biography of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) places her life and work in its social, scientific and personal context. The author examines the development of Barbara McClintock's scientific work and her influence upon individuals and upon the fields of cytogenetics and evolutionary biology in the period from 1902 to the present. The history documents years of McClintock's notable and lauded scientific work long before she discovered and named transposable elements in the mid-1940s for which she ultimately received the Nobel Prize. The biography employs documented evidence to expose, demystify, and provide clarity for legends and misinterpretations of McClintock's life and work.
Key Features
- Exposes and demystifies myths and legends told about McClintock's time in Missouri
- Clarifies the changing language of genes and genetics
- Places in perspective the history of McClintock's research
- Documents McClintock's family and early life before college
- Provides documented details of McClintock's time in Nazi Germany
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Yes, you can access From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements by Lee B. Kass in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Genetics in Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface: Records and Recollections
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Holding Court: How I Came to Know Barbara McClintock
- Chapter 1 An Unconventional Childhood
- Chapter 2 Genetics in the Roaring ’20s
- Chapter 3 From Botany Scholar to Maize Cytologist: Fact, Fiction, and Faulty Memories
- Chapter 4 The Golden Age of Corn Genetics: Cornfests, Cornfabs, and Cooperation
- Chapter 5 Awards and Recognition: Chromosome Structure and Behavior
- Chapter 6 Missouri Compromise, Tenure or Freedom?: Barbara McClintock Leaves Academe
- Chapter 7 The Road to Transposition
- Chapter 8 Resignation, Renewal, and Reorganization
- Chapter 9 Coming Home Again: Andrew Dickson White, Professor-at-Large, Cornell University
- Chapter 10 Golden Age of Corn Genetics: Reprise
- Chapter 11 Unshared Nobel Prize and Inclusive Recognition
- Index