modern synthesis (evolution)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:modern_evolutionary_synthesis gptkb:neo-Darwinian_synthesis
gptkbp:combines	gptkb:natural_selection ecology genetics paleontology systematics population biology
gptkbp:describes	integration of Darwinian evolution and Mendelian genetics
gptkbp:developedBy	early 20th century
gptkbp:explains	gptkb:adaptation speciation genetic variation evolution as change in allele frequencies
gptkbp:hasConcept	evolution is gradual genetic variation is essential natural selection is main mechanism populations evolve, not individuals speciation occurs through reproductive isolation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	modern synthesis (evolution)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:modern_evolutionary_biology ecology paleontology population genetics systematics speciation theory
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:opposedBy	gptkb:Lamarckism mutationism orthogenesis
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Julian_Huxley's_'Evolution:_The_Modern_Synthesis'_(1942)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:neutral_theory_of_molecular_evolution evo-devo extended evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:J.B.S._Haldane
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5