It was seen as a much faster alternative to the Darwinian concept of a gradual process of small random variations being acted on by natural selection, and was popular with early geneticists such as Hugo de Vries, William Bateson, and early in his career, Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Ini dipandang sebagai alternatif yang lebih cepat untuk konsep Darwinian dari proses bertahap variasi acak kecil yang terjadi pada seleksi alam, dan populer di kalangan pakar genetik awal seperti Hugo de Vries, William Bateson, dan pada awal kariernya, Thomas Hunt Morgan.