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PROF. NUZHDIN1 states that in the U.S.S.R., “Morganism [neo-Mendelian genetics] is being routed as a reactionary trend in science”, that it is “against the people”, and more to the same effect. This appears to be a complete admission of the truth of my general thesis, namely, that in the U.S.S.R. Mendelian genetics has been officially repudiated and declared untrue not on scientific but on political or ideological grounds.
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HUXLEY, J. Soviet Genetics: the Real Issue. Nature 165, 939–940 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165939b0
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