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Word: vaviloff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Formal genetics" has also been attacked in Russia by Professor T. D. Lysenko, a practical trial-&-error plant breeder of the school of Luther Burbank. It has been defended by Professor N. I. Vaviloff, an academic geneticist of international repute. The letter-writing students admired practical Lysenko, scorned academic Vaviloff. That the Kremlin Government does not know just what to make of this howdydo is evident from the fact that both Lysenko and Vaviloff have been permitted to air their views in the Soviet press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chase Formal Genetics! | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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