Awards & Winners

Mary F. Lyon

Date of Birth 15-May-1925
Place of Birth Norwich
(United Kingdom, England, Norfolk, East of England)
Nationality
Also know as Mary Lyon
Mary Frances Lyon, FRS is an English geneticist, who is best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation, an important cytogenetic phenomenon.

Awards by Mary F. Lyon

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mary F. Lyon.

1997


Wolf Prize in Medicine
(For her hypothesis concerning the random inactivation of X-chromosomes in mammals.)

1985


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For her contributions to our understanding of X-chromosome inactivation and its significance in normal and abnormal development.)