McClintock akawana Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences of the American Philosophical Society muna 1993. Akapihwa 14 Honorary Doctor of Science degrees uye Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Muna 1986 akaiswa muNational Women's Hall of Fame. Mumakore ake ekupedzisira, McClintock akatungamira hupenyu hweveruzhinji, kunyanya mushure meEvelyn Fox Keller's 1983 biography yake, A Feeling for the Organism, yakaunza nyaya yaMclintock kuruzhinji. Akaramba aripo nguva dzose munharaunda yeCold Spring Harbor, uye akapa hurukuro pamusoro pezvinhu zvinoshandiswa genetics uye nhoroondo yekutsvakurudza genetics kune rubatsiro rwevasayendisiti vaduku.
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