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Lysenko's Destruction of Soviet Genetics
Trofim Lysenko's politically backed rejection of Mendelian genetics dominated Soviet biology from the 1930s to 1960s, imprisoning over 3,000 real geneticists and ravaging crop yields by 50% during famines. This policy directly killed millions through agricultural failure.
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