Dr. Barbara McClintock

Geneticist

Dr. Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) was an American geneticist.

FAST FACTS:

• She earned her PhD from Cornell University in Agriculture.
• She studied the genes of corn
• She discovered that genes on chromosomes can switch locations
• She was Vice President of the Genetics Society of America
• She won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in the 1980’s

To learn more about Dr. McClintock, check out the links below:

• https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1983/mcclintock/facts/
• https://www.pnas.org/content/109/50/20198
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbara-McClintock