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Lynn Margulis

1938–2011 · Evolutionary Biology

Lifespan
1938–2011
Field
Evolutionary Biology
Nationality
American

Known For

Endosymbiosis — mitochondria and chloroplasts were free-living bacteria taken inside another cell and never digested. Rejected by fifteen journals, now textbook.

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