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.

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.

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