The man, 47-year-old Elliot Barstow, was BASE jumping Sunday in Chelan County, about 142 miles east of Seattle, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post. According to the ...
What exactly are these “jumping genes,” and why are they so important? As previously mentioned, McClintock is best known for her discovery of transposable elements through experimentation with ...
Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara McClintock more than 50 years ago. Why are transposons so common in eukaryotes, and exactly what do they do? In addition ...