1929/03/01 by Barbara McClintock · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Crop Yield and Soil Fertility #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations #Biology #Genetics #Ploidy #Gene
paper · doi:10.1093/genetics/14.2.180
openalex publication_date 1929/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
McClintock's Ph.D. thesis on a triploid maize plant was published in 1929 as this long article. It was the culmination of her work previewed three years earlier in "Polyploidy in Zea Mays L.," with Lowell "Fitz" Randolph.