I’m writing this around the time of Barbara McClintock’s birthday, June 16, to celebrate her legacy of brilliant research.

Much of the science behind the genetic variation in pigment on corn kernels comes from work by Dr. Barbara McClintock ... transformed our understanding of genetics and enabled innovations in ...

Opening on February 24 and running through March 12, with global live streams on March 4 and 11, In McClintock's Corn is the true story of little-known Nobel-prize-winning geneticist Dr. Barbara ...

Dr. McClintock was an autistic trailblazer, a female pioneer who broke boundaries with her maize (corn ... genetics and DNA. Directed by Ami Sallee, the play features Nicole Jeannine Smith as ...

These are the best-known milestones in genetics but along the way Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) uncovered several critically important natural mechanisms for transporting genetic information ...