Abstract：
The historical challenges to bridge the gaps between developmental biology and population or statistical genetics under the explanatory dominance of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis during the 20th century have been thoroughly documented. However, although several attempts to integrate these fields have been made, most have been deemed unsuccessful. As an example of those efforts, in this paper I discuss the work of James Meadows Rendel, a student of J. B. S. Haldane and disciple of Conrad Hal Waddington. I present his largely forgotten or unrecognized, but innovative, ideas about canalization and the role of development in phylogeny as a valuable piece to connect these fields that could still have important ramifications for today\'s evolutionary biology. In fact, it is expected that the legacy of J. M. Rendel will be rediscovered, and more importantly, incorporated and extended by future researchers, in light of the growth of evolutionary developmental biology in the last decades. What is more, this case offers a chance to critically revisit standard historiographies about the dichotomy between developmental and population genetics research frameworks in 20th century biology.
摘要：
在20世纪现代进化综合的解释性统治下，弥合发育生物学与人口或统计遗传学之间差距的历史挑战已得到充分记录。然而,尽管已经进行了几次整合这些领域的尝试，大多数被认为是不成功的。作为这些努力的一个例子，在本文中，我讨论了詹姆斯·梅多斯·伦德尔的作品，J.B.S.霍尔丹的学生和康拉德·哈尔·沃丁顿的门徒。我介绍了他基本上被遗忘或未被识别的，但是创新，关于管道化和发育在系统发育中的作用的想法是有价值的，可以将这些领域联系起来，这些领域仍然可能对今天的进化生物学产生重要影响。事实上,预计J.M.Rendel的遗产将被重新发现,更重要的是,由未来的研究人员合并和扩展，鉴于过去几十年进化发育生物学的发展。更重要的是，这个案例提供了一个机会，批判性地重新审视20世纪生物学中发育遗传学和群体遗传学研究框架二分法的标准史学。
