In the 1930s and 1940s, a theory referred to as the ____integrated data from biogeography, comparativemorphology,

comparative embryology, paleontology,and taxonomy within an evolutionary framework



a. genetic synthesis
b. mutationism theory
c. unification theory
d. modern synthesis
e. convergent theory


ANSWER: d

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