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   • Lynn Margulis was an American scientist who proposed the Endosymbiotic Theory. The theory helped explain the origin of eukaryotic cells from the symbiosis of bacteria that produced organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts through evolution. What is Lynn Margulis known for?

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   What did Lynn Margulis contribute to eukaryotic cells?

   • Among her most important contributions, Lynn Margulis proposed the Endosymbiotic Theory of the Origin of Eukaryotic Cells (cells with a nucleus and other membranous organelles). Her ideas regarding this theory are explained in her book The Origin of Eukaryotic Cells (1970).

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   What was Margulis's contribution to science?

   • As with her 1967 article, Margulis's book was remarkable for the extent to which it assimilated data from so many different disciplines, including geology, paleontology, ecology, cell biology, microbiology, genetics and biochemistry. Its synthetic nature was to become a hallmark of her other scientific contributions.

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   • In particular, Margulis transformed and fundamentally framed current understanding of the evolution of cells with nuclei – an event Ernst Mayr called "perhaps the most important and dramatic event in the history of life" – by proposing it to have been the result of symbiotic mergers of bacteria.

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   Controversies. It has been suggested that initial rejection of Margulis' work on the endosymbiotic theory, and the controversial nature of it as well as Gaia theory, made her identify throughout her career with scientific mavericks, outsiders, and unaccepted theories generally. [4]

3. www.nature.com › articles › 480458aLynn Margulis (1938–2011) | Nature

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   Dec 21, 2011 · Her discovery of the endosymbiotic origins of animals and plants was ahead of the field. She got there on her own terms, and her main insights have been proven correct. Margulis, who...

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4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesLynn Margulis and the endosymbiont hypothesis: 50 years later

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   May 5, 2017 · The 1967 article “On the Origin of Mitosing Cells” in the Journal of Theoretical Biology by Lynn Margulis (then Lynn Sagan) is widely regarded as stimulating renewed interest in the long-dormant endosymbiont hypothesis of organelle origins. In her article, not only did Margulis champion an endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria and plastids ...

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   • Publish Year: 2017

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   Nov 22, 2017 · Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was a courageous scholar whose remarkable work on the role of symbiosis in evolution stands as a magisterial contribution of science.

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   Nov 21, 2023 · Who is Lynn Margulis and what did she discover? Lynn Margulis was an American scientist who proposed the Endosymbiotic Theory. The theory helped explain the origin of eukaryotic cells...

8. phys.org › news › 2017-11-symbiosis-cell-evolutionSymbiosis and cell evolution: Lynn Margulis and the origin of ...

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   A courageous scholar and a most irreverent and prolific writer who overturned the tedious conventions of scientific literature, Lynn Margulis's remarkable work on the origin of eukaryotes and...

9. www.cell.com › current-biology › fulltextLynn Margulis (1938–2011): Current Biology - Cell Press

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   Jan 10, 2012 · Margulis made a career advancing knowledge and theory in the field of cellular evolution, in particular the notion that eukaryotic cells — complex nucleus-containing cells such as our own — evolved as a result of symbiotic mergers between once free-living bacteria.