Difference between revisions of "Talk:Basic Evolutionary Theory"
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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]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 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]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 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]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 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]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 15:12, 8 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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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, although most of the content is NOT original. Please restrict comments to talk page.--PalMDtalk 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. 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.-- PalMDtalk 15:12, 8 April 2007 (EDT)