User talk:Jcf028

Hello, Jcf028, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Yunshui, and I am your Online Ambassador for Bucknell's History of Ecology course. My job here is to help you to work within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, to answer any questions that you have about editing here, and to act as your advocate in the (unlikely) event that you find yourself in a dispute with another user.

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Hi Yunshui, Thank you for reaching out to me, and for your advice on using Wikipedia. I will definitely reach out to you if I need help with any aspect of Wikipedia. Thanks again!

Jcf028 (talk) 19:14, 3 February 2014 (UTC)jcf028[reply]

Reminders for class on Tuesday, 2/4

Hi Jorie! Glad to see you signed up for the course. How have the Wiki readings been going? Do you have any questions about them? We will be evaluating Alexander von Humbold'ts Wikipedia page on Tuesday in discussion, so be sure to review the Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure. Also, remember that you have two other things due Tuesday: creating a User Page (see mine for an example) and introducing yourself to an online ambassador or another student through their Talk Pages. Let me know if you have any questions! --Enstandrew (talk) 18:25, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Many thanks for your constructive comments at Charles Darwin, I've implemented some of these ideas. Your further thoughts on how it's going will be appreciated, though of course editors can't always expect others to agree! I've suggested a couple of points where more discussion is needed . . dave souza, talk 08:47, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Outline for the article "Genetics and the Origin of Species"

Outline

In his book, Genetics and the Origin of Species, Dobzhansky explains the biological theory of evolution. Through his experiments, Dobzhansky discovers that mutations of genes lead to evolution within a specific species. Adaptations play a large role in genetic drift, and it is known that genes and mutations influence this genetic drift in a particular environment. Specific genes and alleles are therefore passed on to future generations to continue the trend of modern evolution.

Polyploid cells have a chromosome number that is more than twice the haploid number. In Genetics and the Origin of Species, polyploidy is considered as a type of mutation. The effects of polyploidy between two different species causes hybridization and even greater evolution. These small chromosomal changes have large effects overall, and this emphasizes the importance of maintenance of species and populations.

Natural selection in an environment produces reproductive success, which benefits the species. Speciation is an process of evolution through which new biological species are formed. Adaptive evolution occurs through the dominance and survival of competing genes within a species. This is caused by increasing the frequency of those alleles whose phenotypic effects selfishly promote their own reproduction. Reproductive isolation slows gene flow and reduces the process of evolution.

In Genetics and the Origin of Species, Dobzhansky’s theory of modern evolutionary synthesis states that mutations of genes led to evolution within a species. Dobzhansky explains that all life, including humans, evolved through natural selection. This is critical knowledge not only for scientific progress, but for humanity as a whole. His theories became widely accepted and were eventually considered universal to the public eye. Dobzhansky's work was aimed at studying the process of evolution in action. His results support the theory of evolution, and lead to the enhanced way of thinking that genetics is studied today.

Jcf028 (talk) 02:15, 25 March 2014 (UTC)jcf028[reply]

citations

Hi! I see that you've started expanding Genetics and the Origin of Species. Be sure to cite your sources as you go; in general, every section of text (at the paragraph level at least, and at the sentence level if you're bringing together multiple sources) should have a footnote showing where that information comes from. This lets other people check back to the sources to verify content, and makes it much easier to reorganize the article later on.--ragesoss (talk) 20:01, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice on the citations! I have added in three citations, which cover all of the new content I added to my article.

Thanks again!

Jcf028 (talk) 01:09, 1 April 2014 (UTC)jcf028[reply]

Thanks! Be sure to include page numbers, as well, so that readers can follow the sources back to right where the information came from for each footnote.--ragesoss (talk) 14:19, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete DYK nomination

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DYK Nominations

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Dobz black and white photo.png

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DYK for Genetics and the Origin of Species

On 5 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Genetics and the Origin of Species, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Genetics and the Origin of Species by Theodosius Dobzhansky united genetics with Darwin's theory of evolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Genetics and the Origin of Species. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:32, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]