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Meet the Synthesizers

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Arrested Russian scientist who influenced Dobzhansky.   Sergei Chetverikov  
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Wrote “Genetics and the Origin of Species”   Theodosius Dobzhansky  
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Known for his drosophila (fruit fly) studies.   Theodosius Dobzhansky  
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Russian Orthodox Christian who wrote about the compatibility of evolution and religion.   Theodosius Dobzhansky  
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Said “Sympatric speciation is like the measles; everyone gets it, but they all get over it.” (BURN!)   Theodosius Dobzhansky  
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Stated “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”   Theodosius Dobzhansky  
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Partially conciliated early Mendelians and biometricians.   R. A. Fisher  
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Believed genetic drift had a negligible effect on populations.   R. A. Fisher  
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Wrote “The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection.”   R. A. Fisher  
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Wrote “Ecological Genetics.”   Fisher and Ford  
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Known for his studies with the scarlet tiger moth, Panaxia dominula.   E. B. Ford  
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Wrote the successful “The Causes of Evolution.”   J. B. S. Haldane  
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Studied the English peppered moth, Biston betularia.   H. B. D. Kettlewell  
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Elaborated the biological species concept and argued against typology.   Ernst Mayr  
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Wrote “Systematics and the Origin of Species.”   Ernst Mayr  
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Wrote “Animal Species and Evolution.”   Ernst Mayr  
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Fervently opposed the concept of sympatric speciation.   Ernst Mayr  
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Applied the Modern Synthesis to Paleontology.   George Gaylord Simpson  
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Wrote “Tempo and Mode in Evolution.”   George Gaylord Simpson  
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Believes that evolution fills an “ecological barrel.”   George Gaylord Simpson  
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Applied the Modern Synthesis to botany.   G. Ledyard Stebbins  
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Developed the first adaptive landscape.   Sewall Wright  
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Emphasized the importance of genetic drift.   Sewall Wright  
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Wrote “Evolution in Mendelian populations.”   Sewall Wright  
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Wrote a four-volume treatise on evolution.   Sewall Wright  
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Developed the Shifting Balance Theory of Evolution.   Sewall Wright  
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