Genetics and the Origin of Species
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Genetics and the Origin of Species is a 1937 book by Theodosius Dobzhansky that helped found the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
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book
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| addresses |
macroevolution
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mechanisms of reproductive isolation → microevolution → origin of species → |
| author |
Theodosius Dobzhansky
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| contributedTo |
modern evolutionary synthesis
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| countryOfPublication |
United States
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| describes |
biological species concept
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| emphasizes |
population thinking in evolution
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role of genetic variation in evolution → |
| field |
evolutionary biology
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evolutionary theory → genetics → population genetics → |
| focusesOn |
genetic drift
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genetic variation → mutation → natural selection → population structure → recombination → speciation → |
| genre |
scientific literature
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| hasEdition |
second edition
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third edition → |
| hasSubject |
evolution
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genetic variation → heredity → natural selection → species formation → |
| impact |
helped unify genetics and evolution
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| influenced |
evolutionary biology
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modern synthesis → population genetics → speciation research → |
| integrates |
Darwinian natural selection
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Mendelian genetics → |
| isBasedOn |
experimental genetics
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population-level data → |
| isConsidered |
foundational text of the modern evolutionary synthesis
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| language |
English
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| nonFiction |
true
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| publicationYear |
1937
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| publisher |
Columbia University Press
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| relatedTo |
On the Origin of Species
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Theodosius Dobzhansky → |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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Drosophila
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modern evolutionary synthesis
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Theodosius Dobzhansky
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