modern evolutionary synthesis

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framework in evolutionary biology scientific theory theory of evolution unifying theory

Modern evolutionary synthesis is the 20th-century unification of Darwin’s theory of natural selection with Mendelian genetics, forming the foundational framework of modern evolutionary biology.

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instanceOf framework in evolutionary biology ⓘ
scientific theory ⓘ
theory of evolution ⓘ
unifying theory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs modern synthesis ⓘ
modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
surface form: neo-Darwinian synthesis
basedOn Darwinian natural selection ⓘ
Mendelian genetics ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
statistical genetics ⓘ
contrastsWith Lamarckian inheritance ⓘ
classical Darwinism without genetics ⓘ
mutationism ⓘ
orthogenesis ⓘ
coreIdea adaptation arises through differential reproductive success ⓘ
evolution is change in allele frequencies in populations over time ⓘ
evolution is gradual over many generations ⓘ
evolutionary processes can be described mathematically ⓘ
gene flow occurs through migration between populations ⓘ
genetic drift affects allele frequencies, especially in small populations ⓘ
inheritance is particulate, not blending ⓘ
macroevolution is the long-term outcome of microevolutionary processes ⓘ
mutation introduces genetic variation ⓘ
natural selection acts on phenotypes but evolution occurs at the genetic level ⓘ
natural selection is a primary mechanism of evolutionary change ⓘ
recombination reshuffles genetic variation ⓘ
speciation results from the divergence of populations ⓘ
countryOfDevelopment United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
developedInDecade 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
emergedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
field ecology ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
systematics ⓘ
followedBy extended evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
hasKeyWork Evolution: The Modern Synthesis ⓘ
Genetics and the Origin of Species ⓘ
The Major Features of Evolution ⓘ
Variation and Evolution in Plants ⓘ
influenced behavioral ecology ⓘ
conservation genetics ⓘ
evolutionary ecology ⓘ
late 20th-century evolutionary biology ⓘ
modern systematics ⓘ
molecular evolution ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
Ernst Mayr ⓘ
G. Ledyard Stebbins ⓘ
George Gaylord Simpson ⓘ
Gregor Mendel ⓘ
J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ
Julian Huxley ⓘ
Ronald A. Fisher ⓘ
Sewall Wright ⓘ
Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ
status foundational framework of modern evolutionary biology ⓘ
supportsView evolutionary change is largely gradual rather than saltational ⓘ
species are populations of variable individuals ⓘ
unified Darwinian natural selection with Mendelian genetics ⓘ
field observations with experimental genetics ⓘ
microevolution and macroevolution ⓘ

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modern evolutionary synthesis → alsoKnownAs → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-Darwinian synthesis
The Major Features of Evolution → contributedTo → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
Darwinism → historicalForm → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-Darwinism
Darwinism → influenced → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
Ronald A. Fisher → influenced → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
Ernst Mayr → movement → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
Julian Huxley → movement → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
Lamarckism → oftenContrastedWith → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Darwinism
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → subject → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: modern synthesis (evolution)
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → subject → modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-Darwinism