BARBARA McCLINTOCK: PUBLICATIONS
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1926
Randolph, L.F. and McClintock, B. 1926 Polyploidy in Zea mays L. Am. Nat. 60: 99-102.
Beadle, G.W. and McClintock, B. 1928. A genic disturbance of meiosis in Zea mays.
Science 68: 433.
McClintock, Barbara. 1929. A cytological and genetical study of triploid maize.
Genetics 14: 180-222.
_____1929. A method for making aceto-carmin smears permanent. Stain Technology 4:
53-56.
_____1929. A 2N-1 chromosomal chimera in maize. Journal of Heredity. 20: 218.
_____1929. Chromosome morphology in Zea mays. Science 69: 629.
1930
_____1930. A cytological demonstration of the location of an interchange between two
non-homologous chromosomes of Zea mays. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 16: 791-796.
McClintock, Barbara and Hill, H.E. 1931. The cytological identification of the
chromosome associated with the R-G linkage group in Zea mays. Genetics 16: 175-190.
McClintock, Barbara. 1931. The order of the genes C, Sh and Wx in Zea mays with
reference to a cytologically known point in the chromosome. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 17:
485-491.
Creighton, Harriet B. and McClintock, Barbara. 1931. A correlation of cytological and
genetical crossing-over in Zea mays. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 17: 492-497.
McClintock, Barbara. 1931. Cytological observations of deficiencies involving known
genes, translocations and an inversion in Zea mays. Missouri Agricultural Experiment
Station Research Bulletin 163: 1-30.
_____1932. A correlation of ring-shaped chromosomes with variegation in Zea Mays. Proc.
Nat. Acad. Sci. 18: 677-681.
_____1933. The association of non-homologous parts of chromosomes in the mid- prophase
of meiosis in Zea mays. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie 19:
191-237.
_____1934. The relation of a particular chromosomal element to the development of the
nucleoli in Zea mays. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie, 21:
294-328.
1935
Creighton, Harriet B. and McClintock, Barbara. 1935. The collelation of cytological and
genetical crossing-over in Zea mays. A corroboration. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 21: 148-150.
Rhoades, M.M. and McClintock, Barbara. 1935. The cytogenetics of maize. Bot. Review 1:
292-325.
McClintock, Barbara. 1937. The production of maize plants mosaic for homozygous
deficiencies:Simulation of the bmMDSD1 phenotype through loss of the Bm1 locus. Genetics
22: 200.
_____1938. A method for detecting potential mutations of a specific chromosomal region.
Genetics 23: 159.
_____1938. The production of homozygous deficient tissues with mutant characteristics
by means of the aberrant mitotic behavior of ring-shaped chromosomes. Genetics 23:
315-376.
_____1938. The fusion of broken ends of sister half-chromatids following chromatid
breakage at meiotic anaphases. Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Research Bulletin
290: 1-48.
_____1939. The behavior in successive nuclear divisions of a chromosome broken at
meiosis. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 25: 405-416.
1941
_____1941. The stability of broken ends of chromosomes in Zea mays. Genetics 26:
234-282.
_____1941. The association of mutants with homozygous deficiencies in Zea mays.
Genetics 26: 542-571.
_____1941. Spontaneous alterations in chromosome size and form in Zea mays. Cold Spring
Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 9: 72-80
_____1942. The fusion of broken ends of chromosomes following nuclear fusion. Proc.
Nat. Acad. Sci. 11: 458-463 .
_____1942. Maize genetics. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book #41: 181-186.
_____1943. Maize genetics. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book #42: 148-152.
_____1944. The relation of homozygous deficiencies to mutations and allelic series in
maize. Genetics 29: 478-502.
_____1944. Maize genetics. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book #43: 127-135.
_____1944. Breakage-fusion-bridge cycle induced deficiencies in the short arm of
chromosome 9. Maize Genetics Cooperation News Letter 18: 24-26.
1945
_____1945. Neurospora: Preliminary observations of the chromosomes of Neurospora
crassa. American Journal of Botany. 32: 671-678.
_____1945. Cytogenetic studies of maize and Neurospora. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book
#44: 108-112.
_____1946. Maize genetics. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book #45: 176-186.
_____1947. Cytogenetic studies of maize and Neurospora. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year
Book #46: 146-152.
_____1948. Mutable loci in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #47: 155-169.
_____1949. Mutable loci in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #48: 142-154.
1950
_____1950. The origin and behavior of mutable loci in maize. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 36:
344-355.
_____1950. Mutable loci in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #49: 157-167.
_____1951. Mutable loci in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #50: 174-181.
_____1951. Chromosome organization and genic expression. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on
Quantitative Biology 16: 13-47.
_____1952. Mutable loci in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #51: 212-219.
_____1953. Induction of instability at selected loci in maize. Genetics 38: 579-599.
_____1953. Mutation in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #52: 227-237.
_____1954. Mutations in maize and chromosomal aberrations in Neurospora. Carnegie Inst.
of Wash. Year Book #53: 254-260.
_____1955. 1. Spread of mutational change along the chromosome. 2. A case of Ac-induced
instability at the Bronze locus in chromosome 9. 3. Transposition sequences of AC. 4. A
suppressor-mutator system of control of gene action and mutational change. 5. System
responsible for mutations at aMDSD-1 -m2. Maize Genetics Cooperation News Letter 29: 9-13.
_____Issued 1956. Intranuclear systems controlling gene action and mutation. Brookhaven
Symp. in Biol. #8: 58-74 (Symposium held in June, 1955).
1955
_____1955. Controlled mutation in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #54: 245-
255.
_____1956. Mutation in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #55: 323-332.
_____1956. 1. Further study of the aMDSD-1MDSUm-1-Spm system. 2. Further study of
Accontrol of mutation at the bronze locus in chromosome 9. 3. Degree of spread of mutation
along the chromosome induced by Ds. 4. Studies of instability of chromosome behavior of
components of a modified chromosome. Maize Genetics Cooperation News Letter 30: 12-20.
_____1956. Controlling elements and the gene. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 21:
197-216.
_____1957. 1. Continued study of stability of location of Spm. 2. Continued study of a
structurally modified chromosome 9. Maize Genetics Cooperation News Letter 31: 31-39.
_____1957. Genetic and cytological studies of maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book
#56: 393-401.
_____1958. The suppressor-mutator system of control of gene action in maize. Carnegie
Inst. of Wash. Year Book #57: 415-429.
_____1959. Genetic and cytological studies of maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book
#58: 452-456.
1960
_____1960. Chromosome constitutions of Mexican and Guatemalan races of maize. Carnegie
Inst. of Wash. Year Book #59: 461-472.
_____1961. Some parallels between gene control systems in maize and in bacteria.
American Naturalist 95: 265-277.
_____1961. Further studies of the suppressor-mutator system of control of gene action
in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #60: 469-476.
_____1962. Topographical relations between elements of control systems in maize.
Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #61: 448-461.
_____1963. Further studies of gene control systems in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash.
Year Book #62: 486-493.
_____1964. Aspects of gene regulation in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #63:
592-602.
1965
_____1965. (1) Restoration of AMDSD1 gene action by crossing over. (2) Attempts to
separate Ds from neighboring gene loci. Maize Genetics Cooperation News Letter #39: 42-51.
_____1965 Components of action of the regulators Spm and AC. Carnegie Inst. of Wash.
Year Book #64: 527-536.
_____1965. The control of gene action in maize. Brookhaven Symp. in Biol. #18: 162-184.
_____1967. Regulation of pattern of gene expression by controlling elements in maize.
Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #65: 563-578.
_____1968. The states of a gene locus in maize. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #66:
20-28.
_____1968. Genetic systems regulating gene expression during development. Developmental
Biol. Suppl. 1:84-12. The 26th Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology. (June,
1967. "Control Mechanisms in Develop- mental Processes". Academic Press, Inc.)
1971
_____1971. The contribution of one component of a control system to versatility of gene
expression. Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Year Book #70: 5-17/
_____1978. Significance of chromosome constitutions in tracing the origin and migration
of races of maize in the Americase Americas Chapter 11: pp. 159-184, in "Maize,
Breeding and Genetics", W.D. Walden (ed.), John Wiley & Sons, New York
_____1978. Development of the maize endosperm as revealed by clones. In "The
Clonal Basis of Development." 36th Symposium of the Soc. for Developmental Biol.
(*June, 1977), pp. 217-237.
_____1978. Mechanisms that rapidly reorganize the genome. Stadler Genetics Symp. Vol.
10, pp. 25-48.
1980
_____1980. Modified gene expressions induced by transposable elements. In
"Mobilization and Reassembly of Genetic Information" (W.A. Scott, R. Werner,
D.R. Joseph, and Julius Schultz, eds.) Miami Winter Symposium #17: 11-19. Academic Press,
Inc. New York.
_____1981. Chromosome constitutions of races of maize. Their significance for
interpreting relationships among races and strains in the Americas (A monograph.) B.
McClintock, T.A. Kato Y., and A. Blumenschein (eds.). Published by Colegio de
Postgraduados, Escuela National de Agricultura, Chapingo, Edo. Mexico, Mexico.
_____1987. Genes, Cells and Organisms...Great Books in Experimental
Biology The Discovery and Characterization of Transposable Elements: The collected papers
of Barbara McClintock. (Forty-three papers) Garland Publishing, Inc. NY & London 1987.
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