Lynn Petra Alexander

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American scientist biologist evolutionary biologist human

Lynn Petra Alexander is the birth name of Lynn Margulis, the influential American biologist best known for her work on the endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist → biologist → evolutionary biologist → human →
awardReceived	Crafoord Prize → Darwin–Wallace Medal → National Medal of Science →
birthNameOf	Lynn Margulis →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1938-03-05 →
dateOfDeath	2011-11-22 →
educatedAt	University of Chicago → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
employer	Boston University → University of Massachusetts Amherst →
fieldOfWork	biology → cell biology → evolutionary biology → microbiology →
genreOfWrittenWork	popular science → scientific literature →
hasChild	Dorion Sagan → Jennifer Margulis → Jeremy Sagan → Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma →
hasSpouse	Carl Sagan → Thomas N. Margulis →
influenced	Dorion Sagan →
influencedBy	James Lovelock →
knownFor	research on symbiosis in evolution → work on the origin of eukaryotic cells →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
nameAfterMarriage	Lynn Margulis →
notableFor	endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution → theory of serial endosymbiosis →
notableWork	Origin of Eukaryotic Cells → Symbiosis in Cell Evolution →
occupation	biologist → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Chicago →
placeOfDeath	Amherst, Massachusetts →
proposedThat	chloroplasts originated as endosymbiotic cyanobacteria → mitochondria originated as endosymbiotic bacteria →
religion	secular Judaism →
sexOrGender	female →
supportedTheory	Gaia hypothesis →
theoryDeveloped	serial endosymbiosis theory →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lynn Margulis →	birthName