What kind of genetics did Lysenko's "Lysenkoism" oppose?
Classical genetics
Quantum genetics
Theoretical genetics
Population genetics
Answer
Classical genetics, the study of heredity based on the transmission of discrete, heritable factors through generations, was the primary target of Lysenkoism. Lysenkoism, an agricultural theory popular in the Soviet Union from the 1930s to the 1960s, rejected conventional genetic principles in favor of Lamarckian concepts, claiming that acquired traits could be inherited and that environmental factors played a dominant role in shaping organisms' characteristics.
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