Lynn Margulis
5 March 1938 – 22 November 2011
Lynn Margulis was an American evolutionary biologist best known for the endosymbiotic theory of the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts, argued in her 1967 paper "On the Origin of Mitosing Cells". She taught at Boston University and later at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and collaborated with James Lovelock on the Gaia hypothesis. She received the National Medal of Science in 1999.
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Life events
She was born Lynn Petra Alexander, the eldest of four sisters.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe had entered the university's early-entrance programme as a teenager and took a bachelor's degree in liberal arts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe marriage to the astronomer produced two sons, including the writer Dorion Sagan, and ended in divorce.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe studied zoology and genetics for her master's degree.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer doctoral work in genetics examined non-nuclear inheritance in single-celled organisms.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe taught at Boston University for more than two decades.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe paper, rejected by many journals before publication, set out the endosymbiotic origin of organelles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer election came as the endosymbiotic theory gained acceptance following molecular evidence.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe became a professor in the department of geosciences, where she remained for the rest of her career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died of a haemorrhagic stroke at the age of 73.
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