Shouldn't we also take a look at the life and career of the Soviet geneticist Nikolai Vavilov, who was the leading Mendelian geneticist in the Soviet Union of his time and who suffered imprisonment, where he died, because of his opposition to Lysenkoism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Vavilov Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant ---------- Original Message ---------- From: c b <cb31...@gmail.com> To: Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and the thinkers he inspired <marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu> Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Reevaluating Lysenko Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:32:33 -0400 http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2001-February/017071.html [Marxism-Thaxis] "LYSENKO, VIEWS OF NATURE AND SOCIETY Charles Brown CharlesB at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us Fri Feb 16 08:54:44 MST 2001 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] "LYSENKO, VIEWS OF NATURE AND SOCIETY Next message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nepal, Maoism gathers strength Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> cburford at gn.apc.org 02/16/01 02:05AM >>> At 09:00 15/02/01 -0800, you wrote: >Heh, Charles, sometimes I still look for loons far, far to your "left". Have >a chuckle. ;-) > >http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/1091/lysenkotable.html However my impression is that Lysenko actually was not so completely wrong as he was made out to be in the west. Of course there were some very good aspects to Soviet Science: Luria was far ahead of the west, in emphasising neuronal circuits rather than individual loci as the organising unit for mental processes. ))))))))))))) Charles B:This site and an earlier one that Michael sent raise an interesting paradox: Lysenko ,the Stalinist ,was not the dogmatist in this argument. Lamarckian claims are against the central dogma of modern genetic theory. This article articulates the fundamentals of genetics in attacking them ( which is a timely clarification with the publishing of the human genome) For example, ____________________________________________________________ Senior Assisted Living Put your loved ones in good hands with quality senior assisted living. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=El-0iK6RTIIPhIrIxAuBMQAAJ1AP8ttsZd_TbiVxkZxsC3mBAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASUQAAAAA= _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
