Barbara McClintock

Prix

1. 1981

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

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

2. 1981

   Prix Wolf — Médecine

   Biologie

   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

   prix Nobel — Médecine

   Biologie

   for her discovery of mobile genetic elements