Ellsworth Dougherty

{{Short description|American botanist (1921–1965)}}

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|birth_date = {{birth-date|July 21, 1921}}

|death_date = {{dda|1965|1921}}

|occupation = Biologist

|awards = Guggenheim Fellowship

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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.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}}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}}{{cite web|title=Ellsworth C. Dougherty|website=Nemaplex, U. C. Davis|url=http://nemaplex.ucdavis.edu/General/Biographies/ECDougherty.htm|access-date=2020-01-18|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218162914/http://nemaplex.ucdavis.edu/General/Biographies/ECDougherty.htm|url-status=dead}} He did most of his studies and medical work in California.