In a 1918 publication titled "The Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance Among Close Relatives," [[R.A. Fisher]] showed that particulate inheritance was capable of generating the vast amount of variation we see among closely related individuals. This was ahelped majorto reconciliation betweenreconcile the Biometric and Mendelian schools of thought at the time, and was an important step in the [[modern synthesis]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Larson |first=Edward J. |authorlink=Edward J. Larson |year=2004 |title=Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory |series=Modern Library Chronicles |volume=17 |___location=New York |publisher=[[Modern Library]] |isbn=0-679-64288-9 |lccn=2003064888 |oclc=53483597 |pages=221–243|ref=harv}}</ref>
