Lysenkoism

(lī seŋ′kō iz′əm)

noun

a repudiated doctrine based on the belief that characteristics acquired through environmental changes can be transmitted by heredity

Origin: after T. D. Lysenko (1898-1976), Soviet agronomist who promoted it

See Lysenkoism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A biological doctrine developed by Trofim Lysenko that maintains the possibility of inheriting environmentally acquired characteristics.

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