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Used maize genetics to describe mobile controlling elements and their effects on gene expression and chromosome behaviour.
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This is the selected 1950 genetic evidence, preceding later molecular characterization of transposons.
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- The origin and behavior of mutable loci in maize
- The origin and behavior of mutable loci in maize — deposited bibliography
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Barbara McClintock
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Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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McClintock: genes can change their position
Used maize genetics to describe mobile controlling elements and their effects on gene expression and chromosome behaviour.
Scientific scope
This is the selected 1950 genetic evidence, preceding later molecular characterization of transposons.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Barbara McClintock
Full deposited paper byline or identified author of the scoped historical source. Association does not measure individual effort.