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Lysenkoism

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Ly·sen·ko·ism  (l-sngk-zm)
n.
A biological doctrine developed by Trofim Lysenko that maintains the possibility of inheriting environmentally acquired characteristics.
Lysenkoism [lɪˈsɛŋkəʊˌɪzəm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) a form of Neo-Lamarckism advocated by Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, the Russian biologist and geneticist (1898-1976), emphasizing the importance of the inheritance of acquired characteristics
Lysenkoism
the theories of the 20th-century Russian geneticist Trofim Lysenko, who argued that somatic and environmental factors have a greater influence on heredity than orthodox genetics has found demonstrable; now generally discredited.
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