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Lysenko's ghost : epigenetics and Russia /

"Epigenetics, a new field in biology, has shown that in some instances organisms can inherit characteristics acquired by their ancestors during their lifetimes, a view that was discredited during most of the twentieth century. Trofim Lysenko, a Russian agronomist long considered a charlatan, wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Loren R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The friendly siberian foxes
  • The inheritance of acquired characteristics
  • Paul Kammerer, enfant terrible of biology
  • The great debate about human heredity in 1920s Russia
  • Lysenko up close
  • Lysenko¿s biological views
  • Epigenetics
  • The recent rebirth of Lysenkoism in Russia
  • Surprising effects of the new Lysenkoism
  • Anti-Lysenko Russian supporters of the inheritance of acquired characteristics.