title: Lysenkoism and the population control movement.
abstract: The case of Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union helps us understand how people's wrong beliefs can be influenced by what the information they receive from outside, especially when there is a large volume of media coverage and there is no contrary information to be heard. The population control movement in contemporary United States has many parallels to the Lysenko episode.
authors.affiliation: College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park 20742-1815, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D011056:Political Systems; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014481:United States