Ellsworth Dougherty Explained

Occupation:Biologist
Awards:Guggenheim Fellowship

Ellsworth C. Dougherty (July 21, 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] He did most of his studies and medical work in California.

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

Notes and 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,
  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,
  3. Web site: Ellsworth C. Dougherty. Nemaplex, U. C. Davis. 2020-01-18. 2020-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200218162914/http://nemaplex.ucdavis.edu/General/Biographies/ECDougherty.htm. dead.

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