Title:

Further Studies of Gene-Control Systems in Maize

Creator:

McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992

Date:

1963

Description:

In this report, McClintock presented evidence from her own research and that of others to reassert her basic theoretical contention that controlling elements were indispensable for the normal functioning of plants, thus contradicting the argument made by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod that controlling elements were foreign particles.

Periodical:

Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook

Publisher:

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 4

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Zea mays, Genes, Plant, and Crosses, Genetic

Format:

Text

Extent:

8 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. McClintock, Barbara. "Further Studies of Gene-Control Systems in Maize." Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook 62, (1963): 486-493. Article. 8 Images.. Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook

Legacy ID:

LLBBDG

NLM ID:

101584613X47

Profiles Collection:

The Barbara McClintock Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584613X47

Story Section:

Controlling Elements: Cold Spring Harbor, 1942-1967