Interestingly, Lysenko (or rather, Lamark)may have somewhat more validity than once thought. One of the hot topics in molecular and cancer genetics is non-Mendelian inheritance, in particular, epigenetic inheritance that allows for acquired patterns of expression to be passed from generation to generation.
Add to it inter species genetic exchange and cooperation? Or reverse writing of information INTO DNA?
But such new (or old) ideas might be illegal in American classrooms! What would happen with blind randomness and Dickensian XIX century struggle for survival?
Maybe teaching about the genes should be made illegal? Genes were introduced AFTER Darwin by a ROMAN CATHOLIC MONK!