It wasn't until the 1930s that a number of scientists in different fields began to reconcile the findings of genetics and inheritance with Darwin's theory and its emphasis on natural selection.
and is thus the fundamental null model for population genetics. Under the now-discredited theory of blending inheritance, the hereditary material was conceived as a fluid that combines the traits ...
To be able to assess how this general theory of gene sharing might change current views of molecular evolution, the first three chapters of the book summarize basic principles of molecular evolution.