KnowraModern synthesisLinked fromLinked fromThe 30 pages that link to Modern synthesis, each with the reason it gives.All 30Broader topic 3Related 11Narrower topic 7Compared with 9Evolutionary developmental biologyCompared with: Its relative neglect of development motivated later efforts to connect developmental mechanisms with evolution.LamarckismCompared with: Its genetic account of inheritance displaced classical Lamarckism as the standard evolutionary framework.Ernst HaeckelCompared with: It replaced Haeckel’s speculative evolutionary mechanisms with a genetics-based account.Jean-Baptiste LamarckCompared with: It explains evolutionary change through genetic variation rather than Lamarck’s use-and-disuse inheritance.Lynn MargulisCompared with: Margulis challenged accounts that gave selection and gradual mutation too exclusive a role in major innovation.LysenkoismCompared with: Its synthesis of heredity and evolution contrasts with Lysenkoism’s rejection of genetics.MutationismCompared with: The synthesis reconciled mutation as a source of variation with selection as a major evolutionary process.Pierre Teilhard de ChardinCompared with: Its population-level account differs from Teilhard’s broader metaphysical interpretation of evolutionary direction.Alternatives to Darwinian evolutionCompared with: It incorporated mutation and drift while retaining selection as a major evolutionary explanation.