Talk:Group selection

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[edit] Merge/Split of Unit of selection

Please see my comments on Talk:Unit of selection regarding a potential merger with/split of that page. Safay 01:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beginning too negative

The second paragraph is too negative and only cites references from the 1960s. The later parts of the article provide balance and talk about a certain (controversial) resurgence of the idea of group selection, but some of this should be moved to the front. As it stands the introduction of the article gives the impression that group selection has been completely discredited which is not true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.138.207.233 (talk) 18:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] General comments, regarding technicality etc.

I think this article is very well written, though am a Biology finalist student. For this reason I feel that extreme caution should be used in adding extra contextual details. As long as there are links to relevant articles on theories etc. mentioned with in the text, surely the article is all right. If too much contextual information is added it can dilute the clarity of the article, see for example: Genetic Distance, which has unnecessary details on basic DNA structure. George-E 22:34, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

aka. 'Clade Selection' (don't know how to this myself and don't have the time to learn right now) This is an alternative 'unit of selection' along side 'Cell lineage Selection' (according to my lecture notes ~ also backed up on internet when googled)