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noun Biology.

a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.

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How to use modern synthesis in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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The number of dissenters though is unprecedented in the modern era.
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“I got the weaver to use his craftsmanship on modern silhouettes we designed,” he said.
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The End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.
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I like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world.
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The east window in this church has been classed as the A1 of modern painted windows.
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The pipe has a modern look and is altogether unlike those found by the English in use among the Indians in Virginia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
But don't go hunting after them, there are still modern Immortals in the darkness of a forgotten language.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
She has embodied in her work a modern comprehension of old legends.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
And this college course I have sketched should, in the modern state, pass insensibly into adult mental activities.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells