The Individual Who First Proposed the Existence of Transposable Elements

Question

The individual who first proposed the existence of transposable elements was ________.
A) Sturtevant
B) Morgan
C) McClintock
D) Franklin
E) Watson

Accepted Answer

Barbara McClintock is credited with discovering transposable elements, which she called "controlling elements," in the 1940s and 1950s through her work with maize. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discoveries.