McClintock

[ muh-klin-tuhk, -tok ]

noun

1. Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize 1983.

McClintock

/ mə-klĭn′tək /

1. 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.

Example Sentences

In my state, Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA] is doing a better job.

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They preferred a true red-state senator named Tom McClintock.

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He had bought the terrace in which Mrs. McClintock lived, and called to know what he could do, in the way of repairs, etc.

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At length Mrs. McClintock motioned to Jessie to rise, thus giving the signal for a general departure to the drawing-room.

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Captain McClintock, who had commanded former expeditions, undertook the post of leader.

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Near the foot of this lake enters the McClintock river, of which little is known.

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Elizabeth McClintock and I took notes and answered him in the county papers.

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