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 9Allopatric speciationNarrower topic: It supplied the genetic framework for explaining divergence between isolated populations.Evolutionary taxonomyNarrower topic: The synthesis supplied the evolutionary theory that taxonomy sought to reflect.Theodosius DobzhanskyNarrower topic: Dobzhansky’s 1937 book helped establish this framework by explaining evolution through genetic changes in populations.Ernst MayrNarrower topic: Mayr helped establish this framework by connecting evolutionary theory with systematics and species formation.August WeismannNarrower topic: It recast evolutionary heredity with mechanisms unavailable to Weismann.Hugo de VriesNarrower topic: The synthesis incorporated mutation as a source of variation but rejected mutation alone as a sufficient explanation of evolution.Inheritance of Acquired CharacteristicsNarrower topic: It established gene-based inheritance and selection as the central evolutionary framework.