modern evolutionary synthesis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/modern_evolutionary_synthesis

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	modern synthesis
gptkbp:basisFor	current understanding of evolution
gptkbp:criticizedFor	advocates of punctuated equilibrium evo-devo biologists
gptkbp:describes	evolution as change in allele frequencies
gptkbp:developedBy	20th century
gptkbp:emphasizes	gptkb:natural_selection gene flow genetic drift genetic variation gradual evolution reproductive isolation
gptkbp:explains	gptkb:adaptation population genetics speciation
gptkbp:field	evolutionary biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	modern evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:influenced	population genetics modern biology evolutionary developmental biology
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Charles_Darwin gptkb:Gregor_Mendel
gptkbp:integration	Mendelian genetics Darwinian evolution
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	1930s 1940s
gptkbp:reconciles	gptkb:natural_selection ecology genetics paleontology systematics morphology
gptkbp:relatedTo	extended evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Lamarckism early Darwinism mutationism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ernst_Mayr gptkb:Fisher's_fundamental_theorem_of_natural_selection gptkb:J._B._S._Haldane gptkb:The_Genetical_Theory_of_Natural_Selection gptkb:Theodosius_Dobzhansky gptkb:Julian_Sorell_Huxley gptkb:Sir_Julian_Huxley gptkb:Darwinism gptkb:Natural_Selection
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5