The Barbara McClintock Papers

Title:

Memorandum to Marcus Rhoades (about the Ds Locus)

Description:

In this very long "memo" to Rhoades, McClintock demonstrated that she now believed that the c-m1 mutable was a case of Ds having transposed to the C locus, or just to its left. She further speculated on the patterns of c-m2. The findings completed her picture of Ds action. The memo contains sections where McClintock speculated on biochemical and physical mechanisms to explain transposition, mutation, and gene expression. Among other things, McClintock discussed the process of "hidden mutations."

NOTE: The original is missing page 17.

Number of Image Pages:

63 (5,470,197 Bytes)

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Date:

1949-01 (January 1949)

Creator:

McClintock, Barbara

Source:

Original Repository: American Philosophical Society. Library. Barbara McClintock Papers

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Barbara McClintock Papers, American Philosophical Society.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Chromosomes; Chromosome Breakage; Mutation

Exhibit Category:

Controlling Elements: Cold Spring Harbor, 1942-1967

Relation:

"Memorandum to Marcus Rhoades (about the Ds Locus)" [pages 1-25] (January 1949)

"Memorandum to Marcus Rhoades (about the Ds Locus)" [pages 26-54] (January 1949)

"Memorandum to Marcus Rhoades (about the Ds Locus)" [Appendix] (January 1949)

The Ds Locus. Part III. Transposition of the Ds Locus [April 1949 - January 1950]

Box Number: 2

Folder Number: 2

Unique Identifier:

LLBBJR

Document Type:

Drafts (documents)

Memorandums

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2006-06-14

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