Comments on: Pop Quiz http://blogs-r.us/bioblog/2009/03/13/pop-quiz/ Biology is everything Mon, 21 May 2012 01:55:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Arborist http://blogs-r.us/bioblog/2009/03/13/pop-quiz/#comment-837 The Arborist Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:39:42 +0000 http://blogs-r.us/bioblog/?p=287#comment-837 I'm all for individuals, though I do like the gene-centric view. The gene-centric view gets complicated to think about for me because of linkage and epistasis, but I guess that's what it's all about. I had the idea of group/species selection so pounded out of me in undergrad that I'm having trouble conceiving of its importance even though I've read some pretty convincing arguments recently. Hey gillT, what's the right answer? I’m all for individuals, though I do like the gene-centric view. The gene-centric view gets complicated to think about for me because of linkage and epistasis, but I guess that’s what it’s all about. I had the idea of group/species selection so pounded out of me in undergrad that I’m having trouble conceiving of its importance even though I’ve read some pretty convincing arguments recently.

Hey gillT, what’s the right answer?

]]> By: Daniel MacArthur http://blogs-r.us/bioblog/2009/03/13/pop-quiz/#comment-836 Daniel MacArthur Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:52:40 +0000 http://blogs-r.us/bioblog/?p=287#comment-836 Individuals is probably the current "dogma", but I think most evolutionary biologists would acknowledge selection occurs on all of those levels to some extent. Individuals is probably the current “dogma”, but I think most evolutionary biologists would acknowledge selection occurs on all of those levels to some extent.

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