Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
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Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is Julian Huxley’s influential 1942 book that helped popularize and articulate the unified, gene-centered framework of modern evolutionary theory.
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book
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non-fiction book → science book → |
| aimsTo |
popularize modern evolutionary theory
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unify different branches of biology under evolutionary theory → |
| author |
Julian Huxley
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| describes |
evolution as change in gene frequencies in populations
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| field |
biology
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history of science → |
| focusesOn |
gene-centered view of evolution
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integration of Darwinian selection with Mendelian genetics → macroevolutionary patterns → microevolutionary processes → role of natural selection in shaping populations → |
| format |
print
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| genre |
scientific synthesis
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| hasInfluenceOn |
philosophy of biology
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science education → |
| hasPart |
discussion of genetics and heredity
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discussion of human evolution → discussion of speciation → historical overview of evolutionary ideas → treatment of systematics and classification → |
| influenced |
20th-century evolutionary biology
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popular understanding of evolution → |
| influencedBy |
Charles Darwin
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Gregor Mendel → J. B. S. Haldane → Ronald Fisher → Sewall Wright → |
| language |
English
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| notableFor |
articulating the modern synthesis in a single volume
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bridging professional biology and the educated public → helping to establish the gene-centered framework of evolution → |
| publicationYear |
1942
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| publisher |
George Allen & Unwin
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| relatedTo |
The New Systematics
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The Selfish Gene → |
| subject |
Darwinism
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evolutionary biology → genetics → modern synthesis (evolution) → natural selection → neo-Darwinism → population genetics → |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 20th-century evolutionary thought
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| writtenBy |
Julian Huxley
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modern evolutionary synthesis
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Julian Huxley
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