今年元月八日是遗传学的伟大先驱孟德尔(Mendel,1822～1884)逝世一百周年纪念日。在孟德尔逝世后的一百年时间里,遗传学从诞生到蓬勃发展,今天已经是生机勃勃,奇葩竞放,令人目不暇接。荣获1983年诺贝尔医学·生理学奖的麦克林托克(B.McClintock,1902～)所发现的“转座因子”(transposition elements),更是现代遗传学花园中的一朵光采夺目的鲜花。 January 8 this year marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Mendel (1822-1884), the great pioneer of genetics. In the one hundred years after Mendel’s death, the development of genetics from birth to vigorous development today is already full of vigor and vitality. The “transposition elements” discovered by B. McClintock (1902 ~), winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Physiology, are a shining flower in the modern genetics garden .