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The blending of genetic traits with sexual reproduction would have falsified evolutionary theory.
When Darwin first started his work on evolutionary theory, he was afraid that rather than being atomary, genetic traits would blend over time. This would make it impossible for a specific trait to remain unchanged for any length of time, and therefore impossible for natural selection to favour it in any significant way.
Fortunately, Mendel's contemporary work showed that genetic traits *are* atomary, and do not blend with reproduction. Unfortunately for Darwin, he went to his grave without ever learning about this. His evolutionary theory was only modified to include Mendel's work more than half a century after his death.
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What did Darwin not know about his theory of evolution?
A coherent mechanism of inheritance. His " blending " concept was totally wrong as Mendel showed that inheritance is particulate in nature.
What is the type of inheritance that would suggest the concept of blending?
Blending inheritance is inheritance in which contrasting parental characters appear as a blend in the offspring.
What type of evolution with small scale changes in genes is called?
Some would call that microevolution. I would not. Some divide evolution into micro and macro. Evolutionary biologists prefer to use the terms evolution and speciation.
How would you use evolution in a sentence?
The process of things changing gradually over time is known as evolution.
What must happen in order for evolution to exist?
Without heredity what use would there be to selection and why evolution? Just take beneficial mutations in the germ line for example. No heredity and nothing to enter the populations gene pool and no evolution. No heredity and there would be no variation in populations and the first environmental challenge would carry your population to extinction.
Why is the process of evolution consistent with a particulate theory of inheritance rather than a blending theory of inheritance?
well what HAPPEN THAT UR FACE IN BUTUS
What did Darwin not know about his theory of evolution?
A coherent mechanism of inheritance. His " blending " concept was totally wrong as Mendel showed that inheritance is particulate in nature.
Why blending inheritance is an incorrect hypothesis?
because in order for blending inheritance to occur, all variation would have to be diluted out
How would you describe culture blending?
culture blending is when different cultures come together and use each others culture ideas.
What is the type of inheritance that would suggest the concept of blending?
Blending inheritance is inheritance in which contrasting parental characters appear as a blend in the offspring.
What is tea blending?
what is tea blending
What African language was the result of blending of more common languages?
That would be Swahili.
What is vocabulary word of blending?
what is vocabulary word of blending?
Why would blood appear in the bladder?
someone got cut around it, but i would sudess not eating what ever you were blending
What would win a Acura type s or a Mitsubishi evolution?
Mitsubishi evolution would destroy a type s
What knowledge did Darwin lack that scientist now use to explain evolution?
Darwin lacked a sensible mechanism of heredity. His concept of blending was so off the mark that a Scottish engineer showed that evolution could not take place with the mechanism Darwin proposed. Mendel's concept of particulate inheritance was the correct solution to this problem.
What religion is the of the blending of Muslim and Hindu belifes?
If the two were to join, it would result in Islam. That is, the Hindu's would become Muslims.
