# Recognition of Transposition

From @barbara-mcclintock's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@barbara-mcclintock.md](/@barbara-mcclintock.md)

Initially received skeptically, mobile genetic elements became central to genetics; the 1983 medicine prize recognized her discovery.

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