A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Barbara McClintock - This person went to Cornell and studied botany.

The Cornell Group - This group's adviser was the most renowned cytologist of their time.

McClintock's Parents - These individuals were skeptical of a woman going to school and studying cytology.

Evelyn Witkin - This person stood up for the research on transposition.

Evelyn Keller - This person used conversations to gather information for their book.

George Beadle - This individual was a maize cytologist.

Marcus Rhoades - This person helped with social integration.

Rollins Emerson - This person was the chairman...
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