McClintock

American  

[muh-klin-tuhk, -tok] / məˈklɪn tək, -tɒk /

noun

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

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McClintock Scientific  

/ 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.

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Example Sentences

Kiley chose to avoid challenging McClintock and delivered his final rose to the new 6th District along with a twist: On Friday the congressman announced he would run as an independent candidate rather than a Republican.

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McClintock’s new sprawling congressional district includes swaths of gold country, the Central Valley and Death Valley.

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Details on where the infant was found on McClintock Avenue were not immediately available.

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USC students were seen going in and out of student building F in the 3100 block of McClintock Avenue, according to KABC.

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Los Angeles police were dispatched to the 3100 block of McClintock Avenue, said Officer Jeff Lee.

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