User:Caitlincoker/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Additive genetic effects
 * Article Evaluation
 * -this article oversimplifies this complicated topic and needs to be expanded
 * - they explain why additive genetics is, but also focus on what "non-additive" genetic effects are too (but there is not a citation to support this claim they make)
 * -there are only 2 sources used, which could be very much expanded on to improve the detail and quality of the article
 * - there are no examples included which significantly improve understanding
 * -there is plenty of research going on about additive genetic effects that could be included as well if it is from notable sources
 * -it includes a lot of language that is hard to understand if you are not from within the genetics field.
 * -on the wiki talk page, there is only one comment, but it talks about his frustrations about how the changes made to this article made it worse
 * Sources
 * https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000008
 * https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2014.2201
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01565.x
 * https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2018.00078/full
 * https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2018.00078/full

Option 2

 * Article title: Termination Factor
 * Article Evaluation
 * - when describing what a termination factor is, the article uses the word termination
 * -it can be better explained and 'translated' to public in order to be more accessible
 * -I like how it goes through prokaryotic and eukaryotic uses of this factor
 * -on the talk page, there are suggestions about details to include
 * -it looks like other people have planned to edit this article fairly recently, so it would be interesting to collaborate with them
 * -the sources that this article references are mostly from 2013. Updated information could be included to improve the quality of the article
 * -an inclusion of an image would be helpful as well to show where exactly a termination factor can be found within the context of a mRNA strand (without an image, it is easy to get lost in the text)
 * Sources
 * http://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/7/1/161.full.pdf+html
 * https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789813234864_0031
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874939919304432
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/termination-factor
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/termination-factor

Option 3

 * Article title: Metabolic network
 * Article Evaluation
 * -the article touches on some reasons why metabolic networks are important, but this section can be expanded on as well (the article makes it appear that these networks are only used for one thing
 * -within the talk section there is a lot of disagreement about whether this section should be merged with another or if it is the same as another similar term -the image they include is helpful (but overwhelming) and provides a lot of information, however I feel like it would be more helpful if the article went on to describe the major metabolic pathways that appear on the map (without this explanation, its impact is not as strong)
 * -additional citations are needed for verification
 * -maybe combine the pages on metabolism, metabolic pathways, and metabolic networks?
 * Sources
 * https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/118/30/e2102344118.full.pdf
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/metabolic-network
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0440-4
 * https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-9863-7_561
 * https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-9863-7_561

Option 4

 * Article title: Modifications (genetics)
 * Article Evaluation
 * -I do not agree with the differentiation between "modifications" and "mutations" in the article (mutations can be due to environmental factors as well)
 * -sentence structure and organization within body paragraphs could be edited for concision.
 * -specifically in the "modifiability" heading, they use "mutation" to describe when they are talking about modification (this contradicts the differentiation they made previously)
 * -the article could expand on the types of modification they mention (switching and continuous)
 * -a section added on the purpose of modifications (if they are intentional) would be helpful
 * - the talk section discusses confusion about the article's purpose and mentions contradictions between the title and the body paragraphs
 * -this source needs to be completely reorganized
 * -when they mention genetic engineering, this section can either be included int he genetic engineering page, or link to it.
 * -the ethical part of this section only applies to intentional gene editing, so it does not make sense for it to be labeled as "ethics" or not included with the genetic engineering section.
 * Sources
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007961071830124X
 * https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276114479_Crisis_of_the_term_mutation_and_its_resolution_in_the_context_of_the_differential_concept_of_variability
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235159/
 * https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aat5011
 * https://elifesciences.org/articles/471
 * https://elifesciences.org/articles/471

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