Cope’s Rule
Edward Drinker Cope, an American paleontologist made an observation that an organism evolves over time towards an increased body size in a population lineage which is known as Cope's rule.
Dhanashree Kharat
Dhanashree Kharat is an Anthropologist with a Master's degree in Anthropology. She is passionate in understanding human behaviour from an Anthropological perspective and has a keen interest in researching and writing about it.
Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution
The modern synthetic theory of evolution is founded on the idea of genes, which are hereditary in nature and aid in passing down traits from one generation to the next. It combines the ideas of Mendelian genetics with Darwinian evolution.
Theory of Continuity of Germplasm
August Weismann an evolutionary biologist gave the theory of continuity of germplasm in 1892 wherein he proposed in his book Die Kontinuitdt des Keimplasmas
Theory of Isolation
The theory of isolation is a post Darwinian theory put forth by Moritz Wagner. Wagner believed that Darwin was not able to explain the concept of speciation completely.
Theory of Mutation in Evolution
Hugo de Vries, a Dutch botanist and geneticist, first put out the theory of mutation stating that the new species emerge
Neo Darwinism
Neo Darwinism is sometimes referred to as the Modern Theory of Origin of Species or the Modern Synthesis theory of Evolution.
Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
The underlying premise of this Equilibrium is that, in a large population with random mating and lack of additional factors like genetic drift, mutation, and natural selection the frequencies of certain genes tends to remain constant from one generation to another.