RE: Flies: What does Gregor Mendel and Injecting Foreign Substances into the Private Parts of Flies Have in Common?
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I didn't realize there was a that bunch. I did read he was a "Kentucky aristocrat." Funny how we can learn about confederate generals, but not the dude who wins the Nobel Prize for genetics. Nice.
And not until just now for the Lysenkoism. Wow. I'm going to have to do some digging on it, but seems pretty messed up.
Glad I tagged you man! You learn something new everyday.
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Yeah, I think his grandfather was the first millionaire this side of the mountains. Kentucky was a smaller place back then and there were a few families that kind of dominated politics/business and the Morgans were one of them.
It's quite messed up, and a nice case study in what happens when politics dictates science. Also curiously obscure.
Glad you did too, it's always good to hear from someone in this neck of the woods.