Without beneficial mutations leading to beneficial variation there would be no natural selection on the individual organism, outside of sexual recombination, which would mean no change in allele frequency over time leading to no evolution.
Fortunately, that is never the case in nature and mutations lead to variation and adaptive change in the organisms under selection pressure.
Use it or lose it. (If it's no longer functional, then any gene mutations that occur will not be weeded out.)
The statement that all organisms were created in their current form and have not changed over time is not part of the modern theory of evolution. Evolutionary theory explains that organisms have changed and diversified over time through processes like natural selection and genetic variation.
The theory of modern synthesis, also known as neo-Darwinism, combines Darwin's theory of natural selection with modern genetics. It explains how evolution occurs through changes in the genetic makeup of populations over time. This theory emphasizes the role of mutations, genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection in driving evolutionary change.
The modern theory of evolution is also known as the synthetic theory of evolution or the modern synthesis. It combines Darwin's theory of natural selection with genetics and other fields of biology to explain how organisms evolve over time.
The term 'modern theory of evolution' most likely refers to the 'modern synthesis', which combines Darwin's classical model with modern genetics.
The modern theory of evolution states that variation within a species is provided by genetic mutations and genetic recombination during sexual reproduction. These processes create differences in traits among individuals, which can be acted upon by natural selection to drive evolutionary change.
Darwin referred to individuals that expressed mutations as variations or variants in his theory of evolution.
Genetic variations are produced by mutations and sexual recombination
The modern theory of evolution combines Darwin's theory of natural selection with our current understanding of genetics to explain how species change over time. It emphasizes that genetic variation, inheritance, and environmental pressures drive the process of evolution. This theory is supported by evidence from fields such as genetics, paleontology, and biogeography.
The modern theory of evolution may be referred to as natural selection, Darwinism, the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, or sometimes simply evolution.
At the time that Darwin published his work the theory of genetic transfer of characteristics by Gregor Mendel had not been published. As a consequence genetic theory, mutations, recessive characteristics and allof those issues would be unknown.
I don't want to make a sentence with the word evolution