Question

The branch of biology that emerged from the synthesis of darwinian evolution and mendelian genetics is ______.

Answer 1

The branch of biology that emerged from the synthesis of darwinian evolution and mendelian genetics is population genetics.

Explanation:

This branch integrates Darwin’s idea of natural selection with Mendel’s principles of heredity, explaining evolution as changes in allele frequencies within populations over time. It combines genetics, systematics, paleontology, and evolutionary biology to form a comprehensive understanding of how evolutionary processes occur at the genetic level, which is known as the modern evolutionary synthesis or neo-Darwinism.