modern evolutionary synthesis

modern evolutionary synthesis

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The modern evolutionary synthesis (also referred to as the new synthesis, the modern synthesis, and the evolutionary synthesis) is a union of ideas from several biological specialties which forms a logical account of evolution. This synthesis has been accepted by nearly all working biologists. The synthesis was produced over about a decade (1936–1947), and the development of population genetics (1918–1932) was the stimulus. This showed that Mendelian genetics was consistent with natural selection and gradual evolution. The synthesis is still, to a large extent, the current paradigm in evolutionary biology.

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