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Russia’s new Lysenkoism
Edouard I. Kolchinsky, Ulrich Kutschera, Uwe Hossfeld, Georgy S. Levit Current Biology Volume 27, Issue 19, Pages R1042-R1047 (October 2017) DOI: /j.cub Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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Lysenko: The agronomist Trofim D
Lysenko: The agronomist Trofim D. Lysenko (1898–1976), founder of a pseudo-scientific neo-Lamarckian concept claiming that environmental changes can be inherited via all the cells of the body in crop plants, such as wheat. (Photo from the private archive of Kirill Zavadsky.) Current Biology , R1042-R1047DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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Arabidopsis: The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale cress) has been used to study epigenetic modifications and its potential transmission over subsequent generations. Here, a culture of A. thaliana cv Columbia-0 is shown (mature, flowering sporophytes). Thousands of plants, i.e., large populations, are cultivated in greenhouses for genetic studies. The plants are propagated via self-fertilization. Current Biology , R1042-R1047DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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Grafting axolotls: Experiments to evaluate Lysenkoist concepts using the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Georg Schneider (1909–1970), who conducted these experiments, claimed that one animal developed rather normally on the back of the other animal. His aim was to change hereditary characters through environmental influences using a grafting method [15]. From: G. Schneider (1947). Über Tierpfropfungen. Urania 10, 41. Current Biology , R1042-R1047DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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The political Lysenko: Trofim Lysenko at the Session of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in (Photo by Dmitri Baltermants.) Current Biology , R1042-R1047DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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“Working hard will give a good yield”: A Soviet poster of 1947 praising work at collective farms. (Photo: Солоϑьеϑ М., Current Biology , R1042-R1047DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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