Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Question 189
Question: Barbara McClintock is famous for her work on [BHU 1984; AIIMS 1984]
Options:
A) Wheat
B) Rice
C) Maize
D) Pisum
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Mc Clintock discovered jumping genes (Transposons, 1940) in maize and she named them as controlling elements or mobile genetic elements in maize.
For this work, she was awarded Nobel prize in (1983).
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