Lilian Vaughan Morgan
Lilian Vaughan Morgan | |
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| Born | Lilian Vaughan Sampson July 7, 1870 |
| Died | December 6, 1952 (aged 82) |
| Other names | Lilian Vaughan Sampson |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr (B.S.), (M.S.) |
| Known for | Discovery of attached-X chromosomes, discovery of ring chromosomes |
| Spouse | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | Bryn Mawr College Columbia University California Institute of Technology |
Lilian Vaughan Morgan (née Sampson; July 7, 1870 – December 6, 1952) was an American experimental biologist who made seminal contributions to the genetics of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, although her work was obscured by the attention given her husband, Nobel laureate Thomas Hunt Morgan. Lilian Morgan published sixteen single-author papers between 1894 and 1947. Probably her most significant scientific contribution was the discovery of the attached-X chromosome and an entirely new pattern of inheritance in Drosophila in 1921. She also discovered the closed or ring-X chromosome in 1933. Both are important research tools today.