Biology 355, Winter 2008

Mar. 12, 2008



Exam # 3 distribution

March 9, 2008

Download the Take-home quiz here. Due on March 14 (Friday) at 4pm. Submit via Catalyst.

Feb 28, 2008



Quiz # 2 distribution

Feb 21, 2008



Exam # 1 distribution

Feb 13, 2008

An example of a student's review from paper #1. Review #1.



A couple of papers to help with your write up. They are not required and I am only bringing them to your attention as suggested help.
"Skeletons in the closet: How do chloroplasts stay in shape?".
"Rings and networks: the amazing complexity of FtsZ in chloroplasts.".

Feb 7, 2008

The format for citing a book is as follows:

Charlesworth, B. 1994. Evolution in age-structured populations. Cambridge University Press, New York.

One of the movies from lecture with narration



Feb 6, 2008

Here are copies of papers 1 and 2. I have highlighted sections where the answers from Quiz 1 should have come from. The quiz had four questions. The answer to question 1 is highlighted in yellow in paper 1. The answer to question 2 is underlined in green on paper 1. Question 3 is highlighted in yellow in paper 2 and question4 is underlined in green in paper 2.

Paper 1 with answers highlighted.
Paper 2 with answers highlighted.

Hope that helps.

Feb 4, 2008



1. OK, here is the reference to use in your paper: CavalierSmith

If you want the direct link, it is here: link to paper

2. FORMAT FOR LITERATURE CITED.

To cite this paper in the text follow this example from the American Naturalist



Note that the format should include: (author year). Please include brackets, but no comma between author and date (yes that is important here).

Then, create a Literature Cited section centering the title and adding a space after the title.





For our reports, the references can be either double-spaced or single spaced. In the reference itself, the second line (and subsequent lines in the citation) are indented THREE spaces. Author’s last name, followed by initials. Year. Title of the article. TItile of the Journal Issue: pages. Note that there is no period after the journal name (Yes, this is also important).

OTHER STUFF TO LOOK AT
An easy to follow flash tutorial explaining how to read through a scientific paper. Click here

This is an old handout I used to give my senior seminars class. It is beyond the scope of our class, but some of you may be interested. Click here

GoPost discussion board for sections AB and AF Click here