Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis · Science & Medicine
Biologist who established the endosymbiotic theory of the origin of eukaryotic organelles.
1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA — 2011, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
United States
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Lynn Margulis was an American evolutionary biologist who established the endosymbiotic theory, showing that mitochondria and chloroplasts originated as free-living bacteria absorbed into early eukaryotic cells. She was born to a Jewish family in Chicago and taught at Boston University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Once controversial, her theory is now a cornerstone of modern biology.
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Biologist who established the endosymbiotic theory of the origin of eukaryotic organelles.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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