Talk:Negative selection (artificial selection)

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Certain geneticists employ a different definition for "Negative Selection", which is "the elimination of 'negative' genes".

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Unless I am mistaken, this is the term applied to the observation that (a) smart people have less children than not-so-smart people, and (b) intelligence is heredetary, a case that bears mentioning in connection with the eugenics/dysgenics bit. As an observation, it doesn't promote eugenic ideas as such, nor any value judgement about the resulting evolutionary patterns, though many might be inclined to draw such conclusions. Zuiram 00:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bees?

What did happen to our grandgrandgranddaddies bees? --euyyn 23:11, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eugenics proponents only?

Isn't the next point true?

"Some proponents of eugenics argue that medicine and other technological, societal, and cultural practices cause negative selection in humans, also known as dysgenics. According to them, man as a species manifests more and more negative traits as a result of this."

What's the "anti-eugenics" argument against it? --euyyn 11:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)