G. 莱迪亚德·斯特宾斯与进化综合论

G. Ledyard Stebbins and the evolutionary synthesis.

作者信息

Smocovitis V B

机构信息

Department of History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.

出版信息

Annu Rev Genet. 2001;35:803-14. doi: 10.1146/annurev.genet.35.102401.091525.

DOI:10.1146/annurev.genet.35.102401.091525

PMID:11700300

Abstract

More than any other individual, Stebbins synthesized knowledge from a disparate set of areas that included plant genetics, systematics, and evolution. This work culminated in 1950 with the appearance of his magnum opus, Variation and Evolution in Plants. This book gave plant evolution a coherent framework that was compatible with that emerging from the work of Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, G. G. Simpson, and Julian Huxley, and others associated with establishing the synthetic theory of evolution. For this work he is regarded as the botanical "architect" of the evolutionary synthesis.

摘要

与其他任何人相比，斯特宾斯更多地综合了来自植物遗传学、分类学和进化等不同领域的知识。这项工作在1950年随着他的巨著《植物的变异与进化》的问世而达到顶峰。这本书为植物进化提供了一个连贯的框架，该框架与西奥多修斯·多布赞斯基、恩斯特·迈尔、G.G.辛普森、朱利安·赫胥黎以及其他与建立进化综合理论相关的人所做工作中出现的框架相一致。由于这项工作，他被视为进化综合理论的植物学“建筑师”。