Talk:Baldwin effect
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I copied the Bladwin effect from http://www2.create.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp/baldwin/introduction.html
It is a very good simple summary worthy of sharing in wikipedia. I have emailed the site to ensure they don't mind.
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[edit] merging baldwin topics
I suggest the baldwin topics be merged...
[edit] false dichotomy?
In fact it seems the 'Baldwinian evolution' article suggests a false dichotomy between it and Darwinian evolution. 'Baldwinian evolution' is not an alternative to Darwinism so much as it is a way of using Darwinism to explain Lamarck-like evolution. I think this article should be eliminated and pointed to 'Baldwin effect'.
Leo 128.54.57.16 23:59, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] lactose intolerance
The explanation of lactose intolerance is unclear. The article says that, 'a feedback loop operates whereby a dairy culture increases the selective advantage from this genetic trait'; why would a dairy culture increase the selective advantage of lactose intolerance?Hgilbert 15:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Evo-devo
I see that this article says
"The "Baldwin effect" is better understood in evo-devo literature as a scenario in which a character or trait change occurring in an organism as a result of its interaction with its environment becomes gradually assimilated into its developmental genetic/epigenetic repertoire."
I have two concerns here
- (1) I'm not very familiar with the term "evo-devo". It sounds to me like one which would primarily be used by opponents of evolutionary developmental biology, hence pejorative, hence POV, hence inappropriate. Is this term in fact used primarily by critics, or is it used by supporters of evolutionary developmental biology as well?
- (2) I'd like to see a clear cite that the "Baldwin effect" is better understood in evo-devo literature (etc, etc). The reference (Simpson, 1953; Newman, 2002) is given. Do these sources really support our article's statement?
-- Writtenonsand (talk) 02:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
For some reason evodevo people like to call themselves such. And use "Neo-Darwinian" as a pejorative against others. But I agree using the full term seems more fitting to academia. --84.112.2.205 (talk) 19:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "genetically coded" in 19th century?
"genetically coded" seems somewhat a-historical; the concept of "genes" and "genome" was, according to the Genome article, coined in 1920 by Hans Winkler. -- 89.247.63.225 (talk) 20:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
