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Modern synthesis
Modern synthesis
or
modern
evolutionary
synthesis
refers to several perspectives on
evolutionary biology
, namely:
Modern synthesis, the term coined by
Julian Huxley
in
1942
to
denote
the synthesis between
Mendelian genetics
and
selection
theory
.
Neo-Darwinism
, the term coined by
George John Romanes
in
1895
to
refer to
a revision of
Charles Darwin's
theory first formulated in
1859
.