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The Exclusion of Soft (“Lamarckian”) Inheritance from the Modern Synthesis (2011)

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This chapter discusses the Modern Synthesis of evolution that emerged between the 1920s and 1950s and persisted in the 1960s. The Modern Synthesis refers to the fusion of ideas among biologists about the nature and dynamics of evolutionary change. This chapter considers why the notion of soft inheritance and inheritance of acquired characters were rejected with the establishment of the Modern Synthesis in the 1960s. It also explains why Mendelian genetics dominated evolutionary thinking during that period.

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Book Gissis, Snait B.; Jablonka, Eva (2011) Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Radick, Gregory
Herring, Emily
Markus Scholz
Pareti, Germana
Adam Krashniak
Teicher, Amir
Concepts
Genetics
Biology
Evolution
Mendelism
Modern Synthesis (biology)
Inheritance
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Moscow (Russia)
Germany
France
Europe
Great Britain
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