Was Lysenko (Partly) right? Michurinist biology in the view of modern plant physiology and genetics

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-272

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Directed mutations; Evolution; Frozen plasticity; Heritability; Lysenko; Punctuated equilibrium; Sir Sebright's effect; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 0036035828     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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