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HomeBarbara McClintock’s pivotal research in genetics earned her the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (© Associated Press/AP Images)

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Barbara McClintock’s pivotal research in genetics earned her the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (© Associated Press/AP Images)

February 10, 2021

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