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Birth Name:

Barbara McClintock

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, Jun 16, 1902

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Age:

121

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

24°

Gem

35'

About Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992) was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927. There she started her career as the leader in the development of maize cytogenetics, the focus of her research for the rest of her life. From the late 1920s, McClintock studied chromosomes and how they change during reproduction in maize. She developed the technique for visualizing Maize chromosomes and used microscopic analysis to demonstrate many fundamental genetic ideas. One of those ideas was the notion of genetic recombination by crossing-over during meiosis—a mechanism by which chromosomes exchange information. She produced the first genetic map for maize, linking regions of the chromosome to physical traits. She demonstrated the role of the telomere and centromere, regions of the chromosome that are important in the conservation of genetic information. She was recognized as among the best in the field, awarded prestigious fellowships, and elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1944.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives, Barbara McClintock:A Brief Biographical Sketch

• Enhancer and Gene Trap Transposon Mutagenesis in Arabidopsis, comprehensive article on the use of Ac/Ds and other transposons for plant mutagenesis

• Barbara McClintock archive on New Scientist

• Barbara McClintock on Nobelprize.org

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Barbara McClintock: Sun 24 Gemini, Moon 6 Scorpio, Mercury 5 Cancer, Venus 14 Taurus, Mars 6 Gemini, Jupiter 17 Aquarius, Saturn 26 Capricorn, Uranus 19 Sagittarius, Neptune 0 Cancer, Pluto 18 Gemini, Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Sun Quincunx Saturn, Sun Conjunct Neptune, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Venus Square Jupiter, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Uranus Opposition Pluto

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