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The Lysenkoist Doctrine in Soviet Agrarian Science

An analysis of the rejection of Mendelian genetics in favor of Lysenkoism, characterizing it as a state-sanctioned inheritance pattern of pseudo-scientific conditioning.

Lysenkoism emerged as a dominant biological theory that rejected conventional genetics, insisting on the inheritability of acquired characteristics to align with Marxist ideology.

LysenkoismMendelian geneticsideological hegemonyscientific suppression

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