Mary Lyon | |
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Born | Mary Frances Lyon 15 May 1925[1] Norwich, England |
Died | 25 December 2014[3] | (aged 89)
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
Known for | X-chromosome inactivation[4] |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
Doctoral advisor | Ronald Fisher |
Doctoral students | Elizabeth Fisher[2] |
Mary Frances Lyon FRS[5][6] (15 May 1925 – 25 December 2014)[3] was an English geneticist best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation, an important biological phenomenon.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
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