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| [[File:ACIJumpingGenes.jpg|thumb|250px|Barbara McClintock]]
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| '''Barbara McClintock''' (16 June 1902 – 2 September 1992) was an [[United States|American]] scientist, as well as one of the world's most distinguished {{Wiki|Cytogenetics|cytogeneticists}}.
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| McClintock was born in [[Hartford]], [[Connecticut]] in 1902. She studied {{Wiki|botany}} at {{Wiki|Cornell University}}, completing every genetic course she could attend. Pursuing her interest in genetics, McClintock focused her research on chromosomes. Eventually, she narrowed her focus further, specializing in cytogenetics.
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| McClintock's major discovery involved the manipulation and transposition of genes around chromosomes, known as a {{Wiki|transposable element}}. In 1983, McClintock received the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for her research and discovery of the transposable element.
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| ==Reference==
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - Modern Times: "Jumping Genes"
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