Video 32: Nathaniel Comfort, clip 2
Nathaniel Comfort published The Tangled Field (2001), a biographical study of McClintock's life, thought, and impact. In this clip he comments on the paper by McClintock and Creighton that showed cytological crossing over and genetic crossing over are simultaneous processes.
corn genetics, nathaniel comfort, barbara mcclintock, harriet creighton, cytological crossing over, genetic crossing over
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