modern synthesis
Meanings
noun
- The mathematical framework unifying Darwinian evolution and Mendelian heredity into a coherent theory.
Word forms
Etymology
Coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1942, in his book Evolution: The Modern Synthesis.
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