Lysenkoism
noun
Ly·sen·ko·ism
lə-ˈseŋ-kō-ˌi-zəm 
: a biological doctrine asserting the fundamental influence of somatic and environmental factors on heredity in contradiction of orthodox genetics
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But Khrushchev’s reforms provided scientists with an opportunity to voice their dissent against Lysenko in 1962, when prominent Soviet physicists Vitaly Ginzburg, Pyotr Kapitsa, Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich published a damning report of Lysenkoism.
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Loren R. Graham, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
Soviet Lysenkoism is by far the most famous case, as was discussed in The Republican War on Science; but there are many, many others.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2011
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Loren R. Graham, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
Soviet Lysenkoism is by far the most famous case, as was discussed in The Republican War on Science; but there are many, many others.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2011
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Lysenkoism
noun
Ly·sen·ko·ism
lə-ˈseŋ-kō-ˌiz-əm
: a biological doctrine asserting the fundamental influence of somatic and environmental factors on heredity in contradiction of orthodox genetics
called also Michurinism
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