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Lysenko and the Screwworm Fly—When Politics Interferes with Science and Public Health

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  • Carlos Brisola Marcondes

    (Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil)

  • Angelo Canale

    (Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Giovanni Benelli

    (Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

Abstract

In the One Health scenario, a deep understanding of the dynamics potentially threatening the development and implementation of useful pest and vector management tools is of key importance. The New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is characterized by a wide host range. It acts as an important agent of myiasis in humans and warm-blooded animals in the Neotropics, and has been eliminated from a wide region through genetic methods. Of note, Serebrovsky had already proposed in 1940 the principles of autocidal control by the translocation of segments between two chromosomes, but his work was negated by Lysenko, based on the negation of Mendelian genetics. This entomological case study emphasizes the danger of politics interfering with science, a still contemporary hot issue. The negation of global warming or current pandemics are further examples of this noxious influence.

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  • Carlos Brisola Marcondes & Angelo Canale & Giovanni Benelli, 2020. "Lysenko and the Screwworm Fly—When Politics Interferes with Science and Public Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-6, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:18:p:6687-:d:413324
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