NEW INFO #1. “Barbara McClintock’s thoughts and experiments found mobile genetic elements that actively influence the shape of genomes and their internal interactions.” Jumping genes, retrotransposons (etc) got a hugely negative reception from fellow scientists when first proposed but landed McClintoch a well-deserved Nobel prize.
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linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022