Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich

Walter Gratzer, King's College, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002542

(1898–1976) Russian agronomist and charlatan, who proclaimed the inheritance of acquired characteristics and transformation of species in plants.

Keywords: Soviet biology; Marxist science; Lamarckian inheritance

Figure 1. Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (1898–1976).
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 Further Reading
    book Joravsky D (1970) The Lysenko Affair. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
    book Medvedev ZA (1969) The Rise and Fall of T. D. Lysenko. New York: Columbia University Press.
    book Soyfer VN (1994) Lysenko and the Tragedy of Soviet Science. New York: Rutgers University Press.

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Gratzer, Walter(Apr 2001) Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002542]