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[[Image:Lysenko.jpg|right|thumbnail|150px|[[Trofim Denisovich Lysenko]] was the father of Lysenkoism. ]]

[[Image:Lysenko.jpg|right|thumbnail|150px|[[Trofim Denisovich Lysenko]] was the father of Lysenkoism. ]]

'''Lysenkoism''' was an extension of [[Lamarck|Lamarckian evolution]] which was espoused by the [[Ukrainian]] [[Soviet]] geneticist [[Trofim Denisovich Lysenko|Trofim Lysenko]] in the early 20th century, and an excellent example of politically-motivated [[deceit]] used to 'prove' an ideologically-based theory.  Geneticists and biologists in general who disagreed with Lysenkoism lost their positions

'''Lysenkoism''' was an extension of [[Lamarck|Lamarckian evolution]] which was espoused by the [[Ukrainian]] [[Soviet]] geneticist [[Trofim Denisovich Lysenko|Trofim Lysenko]] in the early 20th century, and an excellent example of politically motivated [[deceit]] used to 'prove' an ideologically based theory.  Geneticists and biologists in general who disagreed with Lysenkoism lost their positions

In addition, many [[genetics|geneticists]] were imprisoned and executed for their ''bourgeois science'', and agricultural policies based on Lysenkoism that were adopted under the Communist leaders [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Mao Zedong]] caused famines and the death of millions.<ref>http://www.bookrags.com/research/lysenkoism-wog/</ref>

In addition, many [[genetics|geneticists]] were imprisoned and executed for their ''bourgeois science'', and agricultural policies based on Lysenkoism that were adopted under the Communist leaders [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Mao Zedong]] caused famines and the death of millions.<ref>http://www.bookrags.com/research/lysenkoism-wog/</ref>