Lysenko's contributions to biology and his tragedies

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-498

  Liu, Yongsheng ^a,b  

^a HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agro biology; Epigenetic inheritance; Graft hybridization; Horizontal gene transfer; Intravarietal crossing; Lysenko; Mentor pollination; Phasic development of plants; Sudden species transformation; The inheritance of acquired characters; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444254409     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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