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Should evolutionary theory evolve? (the-scientist.com)

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cover story from the Jan 2010 issue of The Scientist discussing possible amendments (amongst others?) to be factored into a refresh of the Modern Synthesis that was set out in the 40s - namely Evolvability (looking at capacitators/potentiators of evolution), Facilitated Variation (heritable changes that stem from complex forces and factors during development) and Multilevel Inheritance (basically epigenetics)

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in summary, this is the cover story from the Jan 2010 issue of The Scientist discussing possible amendments (amongst others?) to put into a refresh of the Modern Synthesis that was set out in the 40s - namely: * Evolvability (looking at capacitators/potentiators of evolution), * Facilitated Variation (heritable changes that stem from complex forces and factors during development) and * Multilevel Inheritance (basically epigenetics)