Particulate inheritance: Difference between revisions

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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 helped to reconcile the Biometric and Mendelian schools of thought at the time, and was an important step in the [[Modern synthesis (20th century)|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=[https://archive.org/details/evolutionremarka00lars/page/221 221–243] |ref=harv |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/evolutionremarka00lars/page/221 }}</ref>

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