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Lysenko

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Ly·sen·ko  (l-sngk, -synk), Trofim Denisovich 1898-1976.
Soviet biologist and agronomist. As director of the Institute of Genetics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1940-1964), he had an adverse effect on Soviet agricultural development because of his belief in the genetic theory that acquired characteristics can be inherited.
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Noun1.Lysenko - Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976)
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko


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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.
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The names of Pavlov, Lysenko, and Makarenko were imposed on all schoolchildren in Central and Eastern Europe, and not just on the Germans.
Rethinking East German education by Thompson, Ewa M. / Modern Age
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