Lynn Margulis dies

By Matt Young

November 25, 2011 11:12 MST

The eminent biologist Lynn Margulis has died at 73. Dr. Margulis is best known for promoting the theory, now generally accepted, that organelles such as the ~~cell nucleus~~ mitochondrion (I knew that!) and the chloroplast are the result of symbiosis between different species. You may read the Times obituary here.

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