Multiple choice

Who studied the mechanisms of genetics in corn and won a Nobel Prize for it?

  1. Gerty Cori

  2. Barbara McClintock

  3. Nettie Stevens

  4. Stephanie Kwolek

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Barbara McClintock discovered genetic transposition, or jumping genes, in maize, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.