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Mary-Claire King Quotes

born 1946 United States

Mary-Claire King (born February 27, 1946) is an American geneticist. She has won several major awards, including the 2004 Gruber Prize in Genetics, the 2014 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science, and the 2018 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine.

United States
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Random Mary-Claire King quote

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When women our age started in the field, there were very few of us, and we were absolutely on the margins. People pretty much ignored us. I have come to realize that there was a great freedom in being ignored, that you could go after huge questions, because nobody noticed.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mary-Claire King (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.