McClintock
Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize 1983.
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How to use McClintock in a sentence
In my state, Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA] is doing a better job.
They preferred a true red-state senator named Tom McClintock.
He had bought the terrace in which Mrs. McClintock lived, and called to know what he could do, in the way of repairs, etc.
The Mysteries of Montreal | Charlotte FuhrerAt length Mrs. McClintock motioned to Jessie to rise, thus giving the signal for a general departure to the drawing-room.
The Mysteries of Montreal | Charlotte FuhrerCaptain McClintock, who had commanded former expeditions, undertook the post of leader.
Notable Voyagers | W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
Near the foot of this lake enters the McClintock river, of which little is known.
Golden Alaska | Ernest IngersollElizabeth McClintock and I took notes and answered him in the county papers.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Scientific definitions for McClintock
[ mə-klĭn′tək ]
American geneticist who researched the chromosome theory of heredity and demonstrated how genes can control other genes and jump from chromosome to chromosome. These jumping genes were later called transposons. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1983.
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