Lynn Margulis

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.

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"[2]. 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