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Angus John Bateman (1919–1996) was an English geneticist. He is most notable for his 1948 study of sexual selection in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) which established Bateman's principle. Bateman was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain during the Lysenko affair. He was an anti-Lysenkoist within the Party whilst writing in defense of Lysenko for non-Party audiences.