In the great upheaval of scientific thought that followed the announcement of the theory of evolution, the phenomena of heredity and variation were suddenly thrust into the forefront of biology.

Mayr achieved the "modern synthesis" in the 1930s and 1940s that integrated Mendel's theory of heredity with Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection Born in 1904 in Germany, Mayr ...

Aird, I, and Bentall, H H. 1953. A relationship between cancer of the stomach and the ABO blood-groups. Brit Med J, 11.iv.53, p. 799. Aird, I, Bentall, H H, and ...

No one was sure how animals or plants passed down traits. And Darwin knew that the lack of an explanation for heredity left a big gap in his theory of natural selection. In one of the great ...