Barbara McClintock: Genius of Genetics
(Part of the Great Minds of Science Series)
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Barbara McClintock was a pioneering scientist in the field of genetics at a time when nearly all scientists were men. Her experiments with corn led to the surprising discovery that genes can move over generations from one place on the genome to another and even from one type of organism to another. In 1983, almost forty years after her discovery of "jumping genes," McClintock became the first woman ever to be awarded an unshared Nobel Prize for Physiology...
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:0766025055
ISBN13:9780766025059
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:Enslow Publishing
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Age Range:10 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 12
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