Open AccessEvolution of Darwinism. The classical stage: 1859 — 1926 years
Author(s) -
Yu. V. Vagyn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vìsnik ukraïnsʹkogo tovaristva genetikìv ì selekcìonerìv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-3680
pISSN - 1810-7834
DOI - 10.7124/visnyk.utgis.16.1.904
Subject(s) - heredity , darwinism , ephemeral key , natural selection , epistemology , evolutionary theory , evolutionary biology , darwin (adl) , natural (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , biology , genealogy , philosophy , ecology , history , genetics , computer science , paleontology , artificial intelligence , software engineering
The development of the theory of Darwin from 1859 to 1926 is considered. The «cohesive ephemeral» theory of heredity, dominant at this stage, was destroying the nucleus of the Darwinian concept — the notion of natural selection as the leading factor in evolution. The results of studies of geneticists of the first decades of the 20th century also pointed to the futility of the theory of natural selection as a factor directing the process of biological evolution. Keywords: «Origin of Species»; «indefinite» hereditary variability; «certain» hereditary variability; natural selection; «conjointly ephemeral» theory of heredity; «constant-corpuscular» theory of heredity.