The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy.
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The Lysenko Affair
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Author(s)David Joravsky
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN / ASIN0226410315
ISBN-139780226410319
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