Lilian Vaughan Morgan
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Lilian Vaughan Morgan was an American geneticist known for her pioneering work on Drosophila and contributions to the early development of chromosome theory.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lilian Vaughan Morgan canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
geneticist
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human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biology
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cytogenetics ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | 20th-century genetics ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Alfred Sturtevant
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Calvin Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Joseph Muller NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Hunt Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of chromosome theory of inheritance
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understanding of linkage and recombination in Drosophila ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Drosophila genetics
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chromosome theory ⓘ genetics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | none known ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
chromosomal basis of heredity
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inheritance patterns in fruit flies ⓘ |
| hasRole | researcher in classical genetics ⓘ |
| influenced | modern chromosome theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mendelian genetics
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Thomas Hunt Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Morgan laboratory at Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the early women geneticists in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions often overshadowed by those of her husband and colleagues
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contributions to early chromosome theory ⓘ experimental work supporting the chromosomal theory of heredity ⓘ helping establish Drosophila as a model organism in genetics ⓘ pioneering work on Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ |
| occupation | geneticist ⓘ |
| partOf | early Drosophila research community ⓘ |
| spouse | Thomas Hunt Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
Drosophila melanogaster
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chromosomal behavior ⓘ sex-linked inheritance ⓘ |
| workedAt | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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