Chromosomes, light micrograph. This micrograph was obtained in 1934 during studies of chromosome structure in the salivary glands of Sciara (a genus o
Chromosomes, light micrograph. This micrograph was obtained in 1934 during studies of chromosome structure in the salivary glands of Sciara (a genus of fungus gnats). It is part of the Barbara McClintock Papers, and was displayed in the exhibition 'From Ithaca to Berlin and Back Again'. US geneticist Barbara McClintock (1902-1994) studied in Germany during this period, on a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation. She worked with Richard B. Goldschmidt at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. McClintock's studies in genetics, especially her discovery of transposable elements, earned her the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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