title: Haldane and Mayr: a response to Rao and Nanjundiah.
abstract: The discussion with Rao and Nanjundiah about the history of interactions between J. B. S. Haldane and Ernst Mayr is further extended in this note. The nature of the dispute about beanbag genetics is explicated as consisting of two separate issues, one about the role of mathematical analysis in evolutionary biology, and the other about the value of single-locus genic models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712 -1180, USA. sarkar@austin.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Sahotra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004739:England; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007194:India; D008954:Models, Biological; D014481:United States
keywords: Haldane; Mayr; Modern synthesis