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What is neo-Darwinism?


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Neo Darwinism:

  1. Neo Darwinism is a cohesive evolutionary theory that integrates Darwinian evolution and Mendelian genetics.
  2. This is also known as The Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution.
  3. According to Neo Darwinism, the driving force of speciation is only inheritable genetic variants.
  4. According to this theory, the population is the unit of evolution.
  5. There are explanations for mutations, genetic recombination, natural selection, reproductive isolation, and heredity.
  6. The accumulation of genetic variations drives evolution.

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