modern synthesis

collocation in English

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modern
adjective
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/ˈmɒd.ən/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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synthesis
noun
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/ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/us
/ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/
chemistryspecialized
the production of a substance from simpler materials after a ...
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Mostmodernsynthesisengines are controlled by time-varying sets of numerical parameters.
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There are numerous biographies and local studies, but nomodernsynthesison the constitutional church.
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These scientists point out that according to themodernsynthesis, evolution has no knowledge of goals.
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Themodernsynthesissolved difficulties and confusions caused by the specialisation and poor communication between biologists in the early years of the 20th century.
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Genetic drift was embraced as an additional mechanism of evolutionary development in themodernsynthesisof the theory.
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A moremodernsynthesisis similar: the hydrolysis of the related tetrabromoxylene using potassium oxalate, followed by purification by steam distillation.
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It was considered a major document in themodernsynthesis.
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His research showed how early genetic theories applied to natural populations, and has therefore contributed towards themodernsynthesisof evolutionary theory.
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Some scientists have questioned if inheritance compromises the foundation of themodernsynthesis.
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This is the precursor of themodernsynthesis, which is an even broader coalition of ideas.
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In the 1980s, developmental biology re-entered evolutionary biology from its initial exclusion from themodernsynthesisthrough the study of evolutionary developmental biology.
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Essentially, themodernsynthesisintroduced the connection between two important discoveries; the units of evolution (genes) with the main mechanism of evolution (selection).
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The application of genetic principles to the study of population biology and evolution is known as themodernsynthesis.
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Stebbins regarded his contribution to themodernsynthesisas the application of genetic principles already established by other workers to botany.
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Natural genetic engineering is a reaction against themodernsynthesisand the central dogma of molecular biology.
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Themodernsynthesiswas able to explain patterns observed across species in populations, through fossil transitions in palaeontology, and even complex cellular mechanisms in developmental biology.
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Second, themodernsynthesisrecognizes the importance of using observed data, but economists now focus on models built out of theory instead of looking at more generic correlations.
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Since then, themodernsynthesishas been further extended to explain biological phenomena across the full and integrative scale of the biological hierarchy, from genes to species.
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