Modern evolutionary synthesis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Modern_evolutionary_synthesis
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:neo-Darwinian_synthesis
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:modern_evolutionary_biology
botany
paleontology
population genetics
zoology
systematics
gptkbp:combines Mendelian genetics
Darwinian evolution
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Stephen_Jay_Gould
gptkb:Niles_Eldredge
neglecting epigenetics
neglecting horizontal gene transfer
neglecting symbiogenesis
underemphasizing development (evo-devo)
gptkbp:describes evolution as change in allele frequencies
gptkbp:developedBy 1930s
1940s
gptkbp:explains gptkb:adaptation
gptkb:natural_selection
mutant
speciation
gene flow
genetic drift
gptkbp:field evolutionary biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Modern evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Gregor_Mendel
gptkbp:mainProponent 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:publishedIn gptkb:Julian_Huxley's_"Evolution:_The_Modern_Synthesis"_(1942)
gptkbp:relatedTo modern synthesis
extended evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:classical_Darwinism
mutationism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Darwin_(grandson_of_Erasmus_Darwin)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6