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I have patched this primer together from various sources, including textbooks, journals, and (God-forbid) various other wikis.  I have personally edited the content, so it is not just some copy/paste or quote-mine from elsewhere.  Please restrict comments to talk page.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]^{[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]} 14:28, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

I have patched this primer together from various sources, including textbooks, journals, and (God-forbid) various other wikis.  I have personally edited the content, so it is not just some copy/paste or quote-mine from elsewhere, although most of the content is NOT original.  Please restrict comments to talk page.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]^{[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]} 14:28, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

It's not bad. If I had one criticism it's that your definition - ''the change in populations of organisms over generations'' - is a bit wooly.  I would say something like ''the change in allele frequency in a population''. [[User:Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] 14:54, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

It's not bad. If I had one criticism it's that your definition - ''the change in populations of organisms over generations'' - is a bit wooly.  I would say something like ''the change in allele frequency in a population''. [[User:Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] 14:54, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

You refer, of course, to a classic distinction/discussion about what the basic unit of evolution is, the gene or the organism.  For an article with "Basic" in the title, i thought it was going a bit too far.-- [[User:palmd001|PalMD]]^{[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]} 15:12, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

You refer, of course, to a classic distinction/discussion about what the basic unit of evolution is, the gene or the organism.  For an article with "Basic" in the title, i thought it was going a bit too far.-- [[User:palmd001|PalMD]]^{[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]} 15:12, 8 April 2007 (EDT)