Revolutionary Biology pt. 1: Nature vs. Nurture vs. Synthesis
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The Evolution of Genetics in the West
Early ideological battles very predictably involved ludicrous extremes on both sides right so you had people like lysenco in the soviet union who characterized genetics as a capitalist product and claimed that the gene was a metaphysical entity with little if any role in the production of the traits of organisms. The reaction against lysen coism led to a hardening of a genetic position that did not include phenotypic plasticity according to historian john sapp. We're trying to free western genetics from its own political involvement with the eugenics and anti-immigration movements, he says.
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