Barbara McClintock

Premios

1. 1981

   Premio Lasker — Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Biología

   For the discovery that certain genetic elements are not static, but can move from one location to another on DNA.

2. 1981

   Premio Wolf — Medicina

   Biología

   for her imaginative and important contributions to our understanding of chromosome structure behavior and function, and for her identification and description of transposable genetic (mobile) elements.

3. 1983

   Premio Nobel — Medicina

   Biología

   for her discovery of mobile genetic elements