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Lysenko

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Ly·sen·ko (l-sngk, -synk), Trofim 1898-1976.
Soviet biologist and agronomist known for his mistaken belief in the genetic theory that acquired characteristics can be inherited.


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To be more specific, the scientific statements of Trofim Lysenko would not be analyzed according to their empirical efficacy but according to the social state (Stalinist Soviet Union) that enabled them to be produced and employed.
Elena Lysenko says that she and other researchers in Weiser's lab wonderedwhether the dynamic would change when both bacteria occupied an animal host instead of a petri dish.
The names of Pavlov, Lysenko, and Makarenko were imposed on all schoolchildren in Central and Eastern Europe, and not just on the Germans.
 
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