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Mary F. Lyon: Works, Research & Career

Mary Frances Lyon FRS (15 May 1925 – 25 December 2014) was an English geneticist best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation, an important biological phenomenon.

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Mary F. Lyon topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Research and Career as prominent areas in the source structure around Mary F. Lyon.

Related topics
35
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
38
Extracted relationships
12
Related term clusters
21
Bridge connections
38

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Research and career · 27 topics
Early life and education · 5 topics
Overview · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Known for
X-chromosome inactivation
Awards
Royal Medal (1984) · Doctor of Science · William Allan Award (1986) · Wolf Prize in Medicine (1997)
Education
University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Born
Mary Frances Lyon (1925-05-15)15 May 1925 Norwich, England
Died
25 December 2014(2014-12-25) (aged 89)
Doctoral advisor
Ronald Fisher

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Early life and education

Research and career

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How Mary F. Lyon connects Entity context

The extracted context around Mary F. Lyon shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Mary F. Lyon → Doctor of Science, Royal Medal (1984), William Allan Award (1986), Wolf Prize in Medicine (1997) Another extracted example is Mary F. Lyon → Mary Frances Lyon (1925-05-15)15 May 1925 Norwich, England. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Mary F. Lyon

Top relations

Awards · 4
Mary F. Lyon → Doctor of Science, Royal Medal (1984), William Allan Award (1986), Wolf Prize in Medicine (1997)
Born · 1
Mary F. Lyon → Mary Frances Lyon (1925-05-15)15 May 1925 Norwich, England
Died · 1
Mary F. Lyon → 25 December 2014(2014-12-25) (aged 89)
Doctoral advisor · 1
Mary F. Lyon → Ronald Fisher
Doctoral students · 1
Mary F. Lyon → Elizabeth Fisher Sohaila Rastan
Education · 1
Mary F. Lyon → University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known for · 1
Mary F. Lyon → X-chromosome inactivation
Workplaces · 1
Mary F. Lyon → University of Edinburgh

Important terminology

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Important terminology

lyon prize genetics awarded mary female society university award research cambridge royal 1997 inactivation career received mrc mouse phd medal

Mary F. Lyon relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 12 structured relationships around Mary F. Lyon. Examples in this analysis include Mary F. Lyon → Awards → Royal Medal (1984) and Mary F. Lyon → Awards → Doctor of Science. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Mary F. LyonAwardsRoyal Medal (1984)1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonAwardsDoctor of Science1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonAwardsWilliam Allan Award (1986)1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonAwardsWolf Prize in Medicine (1997)1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonBornMary Frances Lyon (1925-05-15)15 May 1925 Norwich, England1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonDied25 December 2014(2014-12-25) (aged 89)1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonDoctoral advisorRonald Fisher1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonDoctoral studentsElizabeth Fisher Sohaila Rastan1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonEducationUniversity of Cambridge (BA, PhD)1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonKnown forX-chromosome inactivation1.00infobox
Mary F. LyonWorkplacesUniversity of Edinburgh1.00infobox
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Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Mary F. Lyon bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Mary, Career and Society. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Mary F. Lyon
    • Mary
    • Career
    • Society
    • Medal
    • Awards
    • X-chromosome
    • Inactivation
    • Royal
    • Award
    • Known
    • Mutant
    • Awarded
  • mary f. lyon
    • Mary
    • Career
    • Society
    • Medal
    • Awards
    • Royal
    • X-chromosome
    • Inactivation
    • Award
    • Known
    • Mutant
    • Phd
  • girton college, cambridge
    • University
    • Students
    • Phd
    • Studies
    • Research
    • Education
    • Career
    • Known
    • Medicine
    • Mutation
    • Wolf
    • X-chromosome
  • university of cambridge
    • Students
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    • Studies
    • Research
    • Received
    • Education
    • Female
    • Career
    • Known
    • Medicine
    • Mutation
  • rosenstiel award
    • Career
    • Medicine
    • Wolf
    • Inactivation
    • Won
    • Mary
    • Education
    • Genetics
    • Prize
    • Awards
    • Lyon
    • Known
  • research and career
    • Mary
    • Education
    • Lyon
    • Award
    • Phd
    • Awards
    • Known
    • Medicine
    • Students
    • Wolf
    • X-chromosome
    • Became
  • x-chromosome inactivation
    • Known
    • Inactivation
    • X-chromosome
    • Phenomenon
    • Medicine
    • Wolf
    • Education
    • Award
    • Awards
    • Mary
    • Career
    • Radiation
  • mammalian genetics unit
    • Mrc
    • Society
    • Mammalian
    • Medal
    • Mice
    • Mutant
    • Won
    • Mary
    • Time
    • Work
    • Awarded
    • Received

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Mary F. Lyon, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Mary F. Lyon with Research and career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Mary F. Lyon — Research and career · splits 11 ⟂ 28
Mary F. Lyon — Early life and education · splits 33 ⟂ 6
Mary F. Lyon — Overview · splits 35 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Mary F. Lyon

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples12
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Mary F. Lyon to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Research & Career, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Mary F. Lyon · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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