Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. In particular, Margulis transformed and fundamentally framed current understanding of the evolution of cells with nuclei by proposing it to have been the result of symbiotic mergers of bacteria. Margulis was also the co-developer of the Gaia hypothesis with the British chemist James Lovelock, proposing that the Earth functions as a single self-regulating system, and was the principal defender and promulgator of the five kingdom classification of Robert Whittaker.Throughout her career, Margulis' work could arouse intense objections, and her formative paper, "On the Origin of Mitosing Cells", appeared in 1967 after being rejected by about fifteen journals. Still a junior faculty member at Boston University at the time, her theory that cell organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts were once independent bacteria was largely ignored for another decade, becoming widely accepted only after it was powerfully substantiated through genetic evidence. Margulis was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1983. President Bill Clinton presented her the National Medal of Science in 1999. The Linnean Society of London awarded her the Darwin-Wallace Medal in 2008.
Margulis was a strong critic of neo-Darwinism. Her position sparked lifelong debate with leading neo-Darwinian biologists, including Richard Dawkins, George C. Williams, and John Maynard Smith. Margulis' work on symbiosis and her endosymbiotic theory had important predecessors, going back to the mid-19th century – notably Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Konstantin Mereschkowski, Boris Kozo-Polyansky, and Ivan Wallin – and Margulis not only promoted greater recognition for their contributions, but personally oversaw the first English translation of Kozo-Polyansky's ''Symbiogenesis: A New Principle of Evolution'', which appeared the year before her death. Many of her major works, particularly those intended for a general readership, were collaboratively written with her son Dorion Sagan.
In 2002, ''Discover'' magazine recognized Margulis as one of the 50 most important women in science. Provided by Wikipedia
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Five kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Early life / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Origins of sex : three billion years of genetic recombination / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Microcosmos : four billion years of evolution from our microbial ancestors / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Origin of eukaryotic cells; evidence and research implications for a theory of the origin and evolution of microbial, plant, and animal cells on the Precambrian earth. by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Acquiring genomes : a theory of the origins of species / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Diversity of life : the illustrated guide to the five kingdoms / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
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Microcosmos : four billion years of evolution from our microbial ancestors / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-2011
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Kingdoms & domains : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on Earth / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-2011
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Origins of sex : three billion years of genetic recombination / by Margulis, Lynn, 1938-2011
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Planetary astronomy; proceedings.
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Handbook of protoctista : the structure, cultivation, habitats, and life histories of the eukaryotic microorganisms and their descendants exclusive of animals, plants, and fungi :...
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Symbiosis as a source of evolutionary innovation : speciation and morphogenesis /
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Mind, life, and universe : conversations with great scientists of our time /
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Chimeras and consciousness : evolution of the sensory self /
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Writing Gaia : the scientific correspondence of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis /
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