Lynn Margulis

Lynn Margulis (rođena 19. marta 1938. - 22. novembar 2011) je bila biolog i profesor na državnom Univerzitetu Massachusetts Amherst. Poznata je po tome, što je 1981. godine predložila novu, endosimbiotsku teoriju, o postanku pojedinih eukariotskih organela od prokariotskih ćelija. Bila je prva supruga astronoma Carla Sagana; sa kćerkom iz tog braka, Dorion Sagan, Lin Margulis je naučno sarađivala i zajednički objavljivala naučne radove.

Lynn Margulis (2005)

Naučna biografija

Lynn Margulis je diplomirala na Univerzitetu Čikago, a titulu doktora nauka dobila 1963. godine na Univerzitetu Kalifornija u Berkliju. 1966. godine, kao mlada članica fakulteta Bostonskog univerziteta napisala je teorijski naučni rad „Porijeklo eukatriotskih ćelija koje se dijele mitozom". Ovaj rad je, međutim, odbijen od strane petnaestak naučnih časopisa. Iako je na kraju objavljen u časopisu The Journal of Theoretical Biology, bio je kritikovan od većine biologa tog doba. Sama teorija o nastanku ćelija sa mitozom nadovezivala se na ideje Merežovskog (Merezhkovsky 1905) i Valina (Wallin 1920). Margulis je „samo" primijenila ove ideje na pojave primjećene u okviru mikrobiologije, što je bilo potpuno novo u evolucionoj biologiji, gdje su se uglavnom koristile paleontološke ili zoološke opservacije.

Publikacije i bibliografija

• Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, 2007, Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature, Sciencewriters Books, ISBN 978-1-933392-31-8
• Margulis, Lynn and Eduardo Punset, eds., 2007 Mind, Life and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists of Our Time, Sciencewriters Books, ISBN 978-1-933392-61-5
• Margulis, Lynn, 2007, Luminous Fish: Tales of Science and Love, Sciencewriters Books, ISBN 978-1-933392-33-2
• Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, 2002, Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species, Perseus Books Group, ISBN 0-465-04391-7
• Margulis, Lynn, et al., 2002, The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change, University of New Hampshire, ISBN 1-58465-062-1
• Margulis, Lynn, 1998, Symbiotic Planet : A New Look at Evolution, Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-07271-2
• Margulis, Lynn and Karlene V. Schwartz, 1997, Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth, W.H. Freeman & Company, ISBN 0-613-92338-3
• Margulis, Lynn and Dorian Sagan, 1997, What Is Sex?, Simon and Shuster, ISBN 0-684-82691-7
• Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, 1997, Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution, Copernicus Books, ISBN 0-387-94927-5
• Margulis, Lynn, 1992, Symbiosis in Cell Evolution: Microbial Communities in the Archean and Proterozoic Eons, W.H. Freeman, ISBN 0-7167-7028-8
• Margulis, Lynn, ed, 1991, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation: Speciation and Morphogenesis, The MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-13269-9
• Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, 1991, Mystery Dance: On the Evolution of Human Sexuality, Summit Books, ISBN 0-671-63341-4
• Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, 1987, Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-04-570015-X
• Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, 1986, Origins of Sex : Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-03340-0
• Margulis, Lynn, 1982, Early Life, Science Books International, ISBN 0-86720-005-7
• Margulis, Lynn, 1970, Origin of Eukaryotic Cells, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-01353-1