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From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements: The Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock
 
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ISBN13:9781032365329
ISBN10:1032365323
Kötéstípus:Keménykötés
Terjedelem:282 oldal
Méret:254x178 mm
Súly:680 g
Nyelv:angol
Illusztrációk: 33 Illustrations, black & white; 6 Illustrations, color; 29 Halftones, black & white; 4 Halftones, color; 4 Line drawings, black & white; 2 Line drawings, color; 5 Tables, black & white
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From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements

The Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock
 
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Rövid leírás:

This biography of Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) places her life and work in its social, scientific and personal context. The history documents years of McClintock?s notable and lauded scientific work long before she discovered Transposable Elements in the mid-1940s for which she ultimately received the Nobel Prize.

Hosszú leírás:

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
Tartalomjegyzék:

1. Introduction: Holding Court: How I came to know Barbara McClintock. 2. An Unconventional Childhood. 3. Genetics in the Roaring 20s. 4. From Botany Scholar to Maize Cytologist: Fact, Fiction and Faulty Memories. 5. The Golden Age of Corn Genetics: Cornfests, Cornfabs and Cooperation. 6. Awards and Recognition: Chromosome Structure and Behavior. 7. Missouri Compromise: Tenure or Freedom? Barbara McClintock Leaves Academe. 8. The Road to Transposition. 9. Resignation, Renewal, and Reorganization. 10. Coming Home Again: Andrew Dickson White, Professor-at-Large, Cornell University. 11. Golden Age of Corn Genetics, Reprise. 12. Unshared Nobel Prize and Inclusive Recognition.