NLM Metadata

Subjects--MeSH:
Research Personnel
Cytogenetics -- history
History, 20th Century
Manuscripts

Subjects--Other:
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-
Profiles in science

Classification:
WZ 100

Published:
U.S. National Library of Medicine, 15 November 2001

Last updated:
28 April 2004

Category:
Press Releases

Abstract:
Barbara McClintock, Ph.D., is the seventh scientist, and first woman, to be added to National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Profiles in Science website, a site dedicated to the lives and works of prominent 20th century biomedical scientists. She is known as one of the founders of the field of maize (corn) cytogenetics, the genetic study of maize at the cellular level.

Notes:
archived

Area covered:
United States

Permanence level:
Permanent: Stable Content

Permanence guarantor:
U.S. National Library of Medicine

Language:
English

Rights:
Public Domain

Contact:
publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov

URL:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive//20040831/news/press_releases/mcclintock01.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040831/news/press_releases/mcclintock01.html

Catalog ID:
101258350

Date Archived:
31 August 2004

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