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Barbara McClintock (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biography of Barbara McClintock, covering her discovery of transposable genetic elements in maize and the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_McClintock
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Barbara McClintock (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)

This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Scientists, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

12

Holds

1

General References

4
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