Talk:Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
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[edit] Lamarck or Darwin?
The sentences "Michurin's theory of influence of the environment on the heredity was a variant of Lamarckism" and "in the Soviet Union he was portrayed as the only true follower of Darwinism" rather contradict each other, don't they? Chrisahn (talk) 16:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
No, they don't. Indeed, his theory was a variant of Lamarckism. But he don't think about evolution, he only did selection work (and so, in a simplistic way, he was Lamarckist, not Mendelist. Really he doubt Mendel genetics because some results of his experiments couldn't be explained by means of contemporary genetics, but he also regard early Lysenkoism as purely erroneous theory.) His real thoughts on Darwin's works are unknown.
Michurin died in 1935. Lysenko used his name as a brand of top-level agricultural scientist to support his "theory" (which was also Lamarckian but the name of Lamarck wasn't applied to it) but he and his followers also used the brand-name of Darwinism. Of course, Darwinism was heavily scissored (to the level of "apes are ancestors of humans", etc.). So, Michurin, as he was portrayed as a founder of Lysenko school, "should" also support ideas of other "progressive" scientists (e.g. Darwin). This juggling with names and ideas was common in Stalin times.92.39.161.221 (talk) 19:35, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
