Barbara McClintock's discovery of transposable elements in Zea mays changed the way scientists think about genetic patterns of inheritance. Although not widely accepted at the time of its ...

During this time she again did important work ... in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of transposition. It’s impossible to sum up Barbara McClintock’s life and achievements in a ...

Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara McClintock more than 50 years ago. Why are transposons so common in eukaryotes, and exactly what do they do? In addition ...