{"id":424,"date":"2016-06-24T12:43:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=424"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:39:49","slug":"appendix-z6-modern-evolutionary-synthesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX Z6: Modern Evolutionary Synthesis*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 700px\">\n<div class=\"pc pc88 w0 h0\"><img class=\"bi x73 y649 wf h4f\" alt=\"\" src=\"bg88.png\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y49d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">APPENDIX Z6:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y52c ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y52d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Moder<span class=\"_ _6\"><\/span>n Evolutionary<br \/>\n                Synthesis*\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xad h79 y64a ff1c fs3a fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">a<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y530 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">The modern evolutionary synthesis is a union of<br \/>\n                ideas\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y531 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">from several biological specialties which pr<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>ovides a widely\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y5b1 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">accepted account of evolution. It is also<br \/>\n                referr<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>ed to as the\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y532 ff2b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">new synthesis<span class=\"ff19\">, the <span class=\"ff2c\">modern synthesi<\/span>s, the <span class=\"ff2c\">evolutionary <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y533 ff2b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">synthesis<span class=\"ff19\">, <span class=\"ff2c\">millennium synthesis<\/span> and the <span class=\"ff2c\">neo-darwinian <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y534 ff2b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">synthesis<span class=\"ff1b\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y536 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Some key points are \u2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y538 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u2022 <span class=\"_ _6f\"> <\/span>Evolution is gradual:<br \/>\n                small genetic changes regulated\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y539 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><span class=\"_ _c\"> <\/span>by natural selection<br \/>\n                accumulate over long periods.\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53b ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u2022 <span class=\"_ _6f\"> <\/span>Natural selection*\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x7 h72 y64b ff1b fs26 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">b<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x60 h55 y53b ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"> is by far the main mechanism of<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53c ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><span class=\"_ _c\"> <\/span>change; even slight<br \/>\n                advantages ar<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>e important when\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53d ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><span class=\"_ _c\"> <\/span>continued.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h66 y57c ff1b fs1e fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x39 h78 y64c ff1b fs31 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">a<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x8c h66 y57c ff1b fs1e fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><span class=\"ff2b fs27\">Wikipedia Online<span class=\"ff19\">, http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moder<span class=\"_ _6\"><\/span>n_evolutionary_synthesis <\/span><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6e y64d ff19 fs27 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">(accessed February 6, 2012)<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h63 y64e ff1b fs27 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x39 h7a y64f ff1b fs38 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">b<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x15 h6e y64e ff19 fs27 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"> No scienti\ue0c4c community consensus as of May 2012 as<br \/>\n                regar<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>ds the precise modality\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6e y33d ff19 fs27 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">of selection<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y650 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">from the author &#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y651 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y652 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">What is the actual modality of Natural Selection?\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y653 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y654 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Is it perhaps Quest for Potential<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x4 h55 y655 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u221e<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xae h55 y654 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"> continuously super<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y656 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">selecting from a plethora of mutations served-up<br \/>\n                by\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y657 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">nature ongoing over the millennia?<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPENDIX Z6: Modern Evolutionary Synthesis* a The modern evolutionary synthesis is a union of ideas from several biological specialties which provides a widely accepted account of evolution. It is also referred to as the new synthesis, the modern synthesis, the evolutionary synthesis, millennium synthesis and the neo-darwinian synthesis. 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