The Russian Backdrop to Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species.
Biological concept of species
Synthetic theory of evolution
Theodosius Dobzhansky
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Journal of the history of biology
ISSN: 1573-0387
Titre abrégé: J Hist Biol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0202503
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Date de publication:
08 2023
08 2023
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Résumé
Theodosius Dobzhansky was one of the principal 'founding fathers' of the modern 'synthetic theory of evolution' and the 'biological species' concept, first set forth in his classic book, Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937). Much of the discussion of Dobzhansky's work by historians has focused on English-accessible sources, and has emphasized the roles of the Morgan School, and figures such as Sewall Wright, and Leslie C. Dunn. This article uses Dobzhansky's Russian articles that are unknown to English-speaking readers, and his late 1920s to early 1930s correspondence with colleagues and friends in the Soviet Union, to clarify some of the Russian influences on Dobzhansky's evolving evolutionary views, particularly the development of his views on species and speciation. For Dobzhansky, as for Darwin, the problem of species and speciation was crucial for his theoretical explanation of evolution.
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doi: 10.1007/s10739-023-09709-9
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