Talk:Shifting balance theory

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Many edits are still necessary. You will (no doubt) notice that many of the heading are still empty.

Questions:

How much emphasis should be made on primary literature?

The SBT is still not widely accepted (though neither is it widely rejected) in modern evolutionary biologist. Obviously I should give equal weight to those who I personally disagree with (Coyne et al.) and those who I agree with (Wade et al.)?

PS, edit under your real name to save your thesis committee heart-ache. Matthew Ackerman (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:51, 23 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

After reading this article, I have no idea what the theory is, other than that I would need to read a number of other pages in order to find an answer. The article could stand a better definition at the top, in layman's terms. Crymerci (talk) 03:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]