Barbara McClintock
Nobel Lecture
The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge
Barbara McClintock held her Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1983, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. She was presented by Professor Nils Ringertz, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge
Barbara McClintock held her Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1983, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Nils Ringertz, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
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