Genomics Reveals Convergent Evolution Bamboo-eating Giant & Red Pandas
Science
you have to define the scientific jargon into your own words so that a non-science person could understand your write up. Each summary should take up two FULL pages with 1-inch margins all around, 12pt font that is New Roman Times, and line spacing should be single spaced. The summary should be concise, no quoting directly from the article, and no outside citations. This will require you to read and understand the entire paper. You will have to define terms you are not familiar with and then you will have to take a long and complex paper and break it down to its essential content and significance
Format:
Name
Date
Full Citation of article as described form citation guidelines (follow formatting!!)
Body of your summary:
You should use the following subheadings and directions to write your summary.
Introduction:
Discuss the basic biological concepts of the article or the question(s) being asked by the study. Then briefly discuss what is known about the concepts the authors are writing about. This section would be critical to a reader who was not familiar with the scope of the study you are writing about.
Methods:
How was the research done? What were the methods used? This section should not get to technical or detailed since many readers might not be familiar with techniques in the area the authors are experts on. However, it should be very clear what was done and the assumptions made by the authors in terms the reader can understand.
Results:
Briefly and concisely report what was discovered in the study. This section should be short and to the point and do not try to itemize everything that the authors report inyou have to define the scientific jargon into your own words so that a non-science person could understand your write up. Each summary should take up two FULL pages with 1-inch margins all around, 12pt font that is New Roman Times, and line spacing should be single spaced. The summary should be concise, no quoting directly from the article, and no outside citations. This will require you to read and understand the entire paper. You will have to define terms you are not familiar with and then you will have to take a long and complex paper and break it down to its essential content and significance
Format:
Name
Date
Full Citation of article as described form citation guidelines (follow formatting!!)
Body of your summary:
You should use the following subheadings and directions to write your summary.
Introduction:
Discuss the basic biological concepts of the article or the question(s) being asked by the study. Then briefly discuss what is known about the concepts the authors are writing about. This section would be critical to a reader who was not familiar with the scope of the study you are writing about.
Methods:
How was the research done? What were the methods used? This section should not get to technical or detailed since many readers might not be familiar with techniques in the area the authors are experts on. However, it should be very clear what was done and the assumptions made by the authors in terms the reader can understand.
Results:
Briefly and concisely report what was discovered in the study. This section should be short and to the point and do not try to itemize everything that the authors report in this section. Attempt to discuss the most significant results and indicate how they addressed the questions posed in the introduction.
Discussion and Conclusions:
How do the authors present how their results alter or change the field or concept discussed in the introduction? What is new about the results? What remains to be done on the topic and future steps?
