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'''Trying to Expand to all this. Getting spam blocked for some reason.''' ::::: Potential Topics 1. "Gemmules" Gemmules are a genetic unit part of the obsolete theory of Pangenesis, popularized by Darwin in his 1868 work The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.

The current page for Gemmules is pretty much a stub, with only one reference, organization problems, and very little content. Searching around on ProQuest has yielded a number of results for contemporary commentary on the theory and its use in other fields. Given my interest in genetics, this could be a very good choice.

Talk page has little content, and requests for improvement. This is a very good lead.

2. "Rapid modes of evolution" Rapid modes of evolution is a stub page that ought to put saltationism and related evolutionary theories in a broader scientific and historical perspective, but at the moment is entirely unwikified and almost content-less. This would be a good thing to improve, but I am not certain that it is very crucial in the first place, unlike other pages I have seen, and unlike Gemmules. Certainly a possibility, though.

Saltation is a term used in multiple fields, so may be hard to go after considering the amounts of unrelated results that come up in searches.

3. "The Double Helix" The Double Helix by James Watson has a Start-class rated page about it, with many basic formatting/wikifying and content problems. I own this book. A real possibility, but I would have to finish the entire thing by a week or so from now, which is not realistic.

Chosen Topic for first edit Gemmules. Gemmules is a stub page that I have already found content to improve, that is unwikified, and of relative importance. Furthermore, it interests me a lot. I plan on improving structure of the article, historical information, and Gemmule's development as a specific term.

Bibliography https://search.proquest.com/docview/2459420/BB5E80695E414C2APQ/8?accountid=14657

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1301509887/BB5E80695E414C2APQ/18?accountid=14657

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1294646753/BB5E80695E414C2APQ/17?accountid=14657