Talk:Gene gun

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Biolistics
Hope you like this article. My Cornell B.S. in Biology is now finally worth something. Raazer


 * Nice to see B.S. not going to waste (I'll have mine in a few months). Do you think Biolistics should be redirected here, or would it be a different enough topic to require an individual page.--ZZ 12:00, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Nice to meet other interested people.
 * Lots of people might be involved in the study of biolistics, maybe you or your professors. If there is a study of biolistics, it would be a separate subject from one of the tools used in it (the particle delivery system)
 * Edited this reply to make it shorter Raazer 22:03, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Wrong Sanford
The John Sanford link connects to the entry for the writer, not the biologist.

Time reference?
Hi, it's good to see a comprehensive article, along with the history of the development of gene guns. However, is it possible to add some time reference (e.g. 1970s), so people can know when the technology came into being? --163.7.4.8 21:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I had the same thought.... Done (1983..1986).  ★NealMcB★ (talk) 18:01, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Cleanup thoughts
In my opinion, this page could use some major cleanup and rewrites.
 * The introductory paragraph is a good start, but could use some expansion and certainly a fix of the typographical errors.
 * The "design" section should probably be broken into a few different sections: let's say "history" and maybe "theory of operation". This section could also greatly benefit from rewrites and copyediting.
 * "Application" could use some work -- like some elaboration on how the injected DNA makes its way into the plant chromosome (links to appropriate articles would be great).

Thoughts? --Iknowyourider (talk) 03:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, but the article could also use some breakdown of its benefits and its disadvantages/limitations even if that's just one or two paragraphs under "application". The "design" section also needs some expanding and clarification.

Anyone think these changes are a bad idea?

Aspera0 (talk) 05:21, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

I've added some sections from my sandbox to here, specifically the biolistic construct design, Advantages and limitations. My sandbox is here

Aspera0 (talk) 20:29, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

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Thoughts on Reference 7 -- Citing an entire book and finding the proper pages that can be used for a specific reference
As has been properly marked, reference 7 cites an entire book without specifying particular pages within the text. Does anyone know of the best mechanism to proceed to specify these pages for any reader who may seek to verify particular pieces of information on a specific page? I am not sure if the original author who first inserted the reference is still active as it was done years ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1402:89C1:B449:EC49:815B:F18A (talk) 20:40, 2 December 2019 (UTC)