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six meanings of evolution

2. Changes in the frequencies of alleles in the gene pool of a population.

 
 

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from  https://stephencmeyer.org/2001/05/16/the-meanings-of-evolution/

 

Principal Meanings of Evolution in Biology Textbooks

2. Changes in the frequencies of alleles in the gene pool of a population.

Evolution as Gene Frequency Change. Population geneticists study changes in the frequencies of alleles in gene pools. This very specific sense of evolution, though not without theoretical significance, is closely tied to a large collection of precise observations.

The melanism studies of peppered moths, though currently contested, are among the most celebrated examples of such studies in microevolution. For the geneticist, gene frequency change is “evolution in action.”