The New Systematics
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The New Systematics is a landmark 1940 volume edited by Julian Huxley that helped establish modern evolutionary taxonomy by integrating genetics, evolution, and classification.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New Systematics canonical | 1 |
| The New Systematics (Huxley, 1940) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908408 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Systematics Context triple: [Evolution: The Modern Synthesis, relatedTo, The New Systematics]
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A.
Systematics and the Origin of Species
Systematics and the Origin of Species is a landmark 1942 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped establish the modern biological species concept and integrated systematics with evolutionary theory.
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B.
The Causes of Evolution
The Causes of Evolution is a foundational 1932 book by geneticist J. B. S. Haldane that helped establish the modern synthesis by mathematically integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
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C.
Genetics and the Origin of Species
Genetics and the Origin of Species is a 1937 book by Theodosius Dobzhansky that helped found the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
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D.
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is Julian Huxley’s influential 1942 book that helped popularize and articulate the unified, gene-centered framework of modern evolutionary theory.
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E.
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen is Ernst Haeckel’s foundational 1866 work that helped establish evolutionary morphology and popularized concepts such as the biogenetic law in biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Systematics Target entity description: The New Systematics is a landmark 1940 volume edited by Julian Huxley that helped establish modern evolutionary taxonomy by integrating genetics, evolution, and classification.
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A.
Systematics and the Origin of Species
Systematics and the Origin of Species is a landmark 1942 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped establish the modern biological species concept and integrated systematics with evolutionary theory.
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B.
The Causes of Evolution
The Causes of Evolution is a foundational 1932 book by geneticist J. B. S. Haldane that helped establish the modern synthesis by mathematically integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
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C.
Genetics and the Origin of Species
Genetics and the Origin of Species is a 1937 book by Theodosius Dobzhansky that helped found the modern evolutionary synthesis by integrating Mendelian genetics with Darwinian natural selection.
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D.
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is Julian Huxley’s influential 1942 book that helped popularize and articulate the unified, gene-centered framework of modern evolutionary theory.
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E.
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen is Ernst Haeckel’s foundational 1866 work that helped establish evolutionary morphology and popularized concepts such as the biogenetic law in biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
edited volume
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scientific book ⓘ |
| citedAs |
The New Systematics (Huxley, 1940)
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linked to:
The New Systematics
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| contribution |
helped establish modern evolutionary taxonomy
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integrated genetics with systematics and taxonomy ⓘ promoted evolutionary interpretation of classification ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic work in systematics
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landmark volume in evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| editor |
Julian Huxley
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Julian Sorell Huxley ⓘ
linked to:
Julian Huxley
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| editorialRoleOf |
Julian Huxley coordinated contributions from leading biologists of the time
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linked to:
Julian Huxley
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| field |
evolutionary biology
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evolutionary theory ⓘ genetics ⓘ systematics ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
conceptual foundations of modern systematics
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integration of genetics into taxonomy ⓘ |
| hasPart | chapters by multiple contributing authors ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ |
| influenced |
biological classification practices in the mid-20th century
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development of the modern synthesis in biology ⓘ evolutionary taxonomy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
biologists
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evolutionary geneticists ⓘ systematists ⓘ |
| topic |
phylogeny and taxonomy
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population genetics and classification ⓘ principles of classification ⓘ role of natural selection in diversification ⓘ species concepts ⓘ variation within species ⓘ |
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linked to: The New Systematics