Ellsworth Dougherty

Ellsworth C. Dougherty (1921-1965) was a biologist who was first to study the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans in the laboratory, with Victor Nigon, in the 1940s.[1][2][3]

Tributes

Mount Dougherty is a mountain range in Antarctica named after Ellsworth Dougherty.

The specific epithet given to the nematode species Caenorhabditis doughertyi is also a tribute to E. Dougherty.

See also

References
  1. Reproductive patterns and attempts at reciprocal crossing of Rhabditis elegans maupas, 1900, and Rhabditis briggsae Dougherty and nigon, 1949 (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). Victor Nigon and Ellsworth C. Dougherty, JEZ-A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 112, Issue 3, December 1949, Pages 485–503, doi:10.1002/jez.1401120307
  2. Ellsworth C. Dougherty: A Pioneer in the Selection of Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism. Ferris H and Hieb WF, Genetics. 2015 Aug, 200(4), pages 991-1002, doi:10.1534/genetics.115.178913
  3. "Ellsworth C. Dougherty". Nemaplex, U. C. Davis.


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