Darwin’s contributions to evolutionary biology are well known, but his contributions to genetics are much less known. His main contribution was the collection of a tremendous amount of genetic data, and an attempt to provide a theoretical framework for its interpretation. Darwin clearly described almost all genetic phenomena of fundamental importance, such as prepotency (Mendelian inheritance), bud variation (mutation), heterosis, reversion (atavism), graft hybridization (Michurinian inheritance), sex-limited inheritance, the direct action of the male element on the female (xenia and telegony), the effect of use and disuse, the inheritance of acquired characters (Lamarckian inheritance), and many other observations pertaining to variation, heredity and development. To explain all these observations, Darwin formulated a developmental theory of heredity — Pangenesis — which not only greatly influenced many subsequent theories, but also is supported by recent evidence.

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达尔文对遗传学的贡献。

达尔文对进化生物学的贡献是众所周知的，但他对遗传学的贡献却鲜为人知。他的主要贡献是收集了大量的遗传数据，并试图为其解释提供理论框架。达尔文清楚地描述了几乎所有具有根本重要性的遗传现象，例如优势（孟德尔遗传）、芽变异（突变）、杂种优势、逆转（返祖）、嫁接杂交（米丘里遗传）、性别限制遗传、雄性的直接作用女性的元素（xenia 和 telegony）、使用和废弃的影响、获得性特征的遗传（拉马克遗传）以及许多其他与变异、遗传和发育有关的观察结果。为了解释所有这些观察结果，