modern synthesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mathematical framework unifying Darwinian evolution and Mendelian heredity into a coherent theory.

Word forms

modern synthesis

Etymology

Coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1942, in his book Evolution: The Modern Synthesis.

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