Why we don't want another "Synthesis".

摘要: High-level debates in evolutionary biology often treat the Modern Synthesis as a framework of population genetics, or an intellectual lineage with changing distribution beliefs. Unfortunately, these flexible notions, used to negotiate decades innovations, are now thoroughly detached from their historical roots original (OMS), falsifiable scientific theory. The OMS held that evolution can be adequately understood process smooth adaptive change by shifting frequencies small-effect alleles at many loci simultaneously, without direct involvement new mutations. This gene theory was designed support Darwinian view which course is governed selection, and exclude mutation-driven timing character may reflect events mutation. not foundation current thinking, but special case broader conception includes (among other things) introduced biochemists 1960s, widely invoked. innovation evident mathematical models relating rate directly mutation, emerged 1969, represent major branch applications. In evo-devo, mutationist thinking reflected concern for “arrival fittest”. Though any master theory, incorporates views excluded OMS, recognition changes has been hindered woolly conceptions theories, accounts, common literature, misrepresent disputes defined OMS.