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Lysenko's Ghost : Epigenetics and Russia /
Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists now claim that discoveries in epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Loren Graham reopens the case, to determine whether new developments...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Friendly Siberian Foxes
- 2. The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
- 3. Paul Kammerer, Enfant Terrible of Biology
- 4. The Great Debate about Human Heredity in 1920s Russia
- 5. Lysenko Up Close
- 6. Lysenko's Biological Views
- 7. Epigenetics
- 8. The Recent Rebirth of Lysenkoism in Russia
- 9. Surprising Effects of the New Lysenkoism
- 10. Anti - Lysenko Russian Supporters of the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index