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Barbara McClintock
Over the years I have found that it is difficult if not impossible to bring to consciousness of another person the nature of his tacit assumptions when, by some special experiences, I have been made aware of them.
I remember reading about her in some textbook or other in year 1, but I think I got distracted by the picture of the cat next to the article (X-chromosome inactivation) and I don't remember much about her research except that it was about maize.
Female nobel prize winners rock.
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