Barbara McClintock

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

A profile of Nobel Prize winning scientist Barbara McClintock, and her biological and biochemical research that lead to an advanced understanding of the behaviour of genes.

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Fri 21 Oct 198321:00

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Fri 21 Oct 198321:00
BBC Radio 4

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