the modern synthesis

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
evolutionary synthesis
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Lamarckism
mutationism
orthogenesis
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Julian_Huxley's_1942_book_"Evolution:_The_Modern_Synthesis"
gptkbp:developedBy 20th century
gptkbp:emphasizes gptkb:natural_selection
genetic variation
gradual evolution
gptkbp:excludes epigenetics
evo-devo
horizontal gene transfer
gptkbp:field evolutionary biology
gptkbp:focusesOn microevolution
population-level processes
gptkbp:followedBy extended evolutionary synthesis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the modern synthesis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:neo-Darwinism
modern evolutionary theory
gptkbp:integration paleontology
population genetics
systematics
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:precededBy gptkb:Darwin's_theory_of_evolution
Mendelian genetics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ernst_Walter_Mayr
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6