Trofim Lysenko

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Trofim Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist and biologist notorious for rejecting Mendelian genetics in favor of politically favored but scientifically flawed theories, which had disastrous consequences for Soviet science and agriculture.

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instanceOf Soviet scientist
agronomist
biologist
person
causeOfNotoriety negative impact on Soviet agriculture
persecution of geneticists
suppression of classical genetics in the USSR
citizenship Soviet Union
countryOfActivity Soviet Union NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath Soviet Union NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1898-09-29
dateOfDeath 1976-11-20
education Kyiv Agricultural Institute NERFINISHED
Uman School of Horticulture NERFINISHED
era Soviet Union 20th century
Stalin era NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ukrainian
familyName Lysenko NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork agronomy
biology
genetics
fullName Trofim Denisovich Lysenko NERFINISHED
givenName Trofim NERFINISHED
hasEffect influence on agricultural policy in the USSR
setback of genetics research in the Soviet Union
ideology Lysenkoism NERFINISHED
influencedBy Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED
knownFor Lysenkoism NERFINISHED
politicization of biology in the Soviet Union
promotion of Lamarckian inheritance
rejection of Mendelian genetics
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences NERFINISHED
notableIdea denial of genes as discrete hereditary units
inheritance of acquired characteristics in plants
vernalization of crops
opposedBy Nikolai Vavilov NERFINISHED
Soviet geneticists
opposedTo Mendelian genetics NERFINISHED
chromosome theory of heredity
patronymicName Denisovich NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Karlivka NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Moscow
positionHeld director of the Institute of Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
president of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences NERFINISHED
supportedBy Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED
workLocation Moscow
Soviet research institutes

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