Modern Evolutionary Synthesis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biologist
scientific theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Modern_Synthesis
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Ernst_Mayr
gptkb:Julian_Huxley
gptkb:Ronald_Fisher
gptkb:Theodosius_Dobzhansky
gptkb:J.B.S._Haldane
gptkb:Sewall_Wright
gptkb:G._Ledyard_Stebbins
gptkb:George_Gaylord_Simpson
gptkbp:developedBy 1930s
1940s
gptkbp:emphasizes gradual evolution
population-level processes
small genetic changes
gptkbp:excludes molecular genetics (initially)
gptkbp:explains evolution by natural selection and genetic inheritance
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:adaptation
gptkb:natural_selection
population genetics
mutant
speciation
gene flow
genetic drift
genetic variation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Modern Evolutionary Synthesis
gptkbp:influenced botany
ecology
evolutionary biology
paleontology
zoology
systematics
modern biology
gptkbp:integratesTheory Mendelian genetics
Darwinian evolution
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Darwin's_theory_of_evolution
Mendelian genetics
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Julian_Huxley's_"Evolution:_The_Modern_Synthesis"_(1942)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:neo-Darwinism
extended evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:classical_Darwinism
early Mendelian genetics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Organic_Evolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7