User:Danstrib/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
 * Little Nicky (cat)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is rated as "Start" class with "Low" importance by the Wikipedia Genetics Project. This article refers to the first commercially cloned animal, a cat named "Little Nicky." The article is very short in content, and should be further expanded to give detail about the cat and potentially reference the ethical questions surrounding commercial cloning of animals.


 * Sources
 * https://books.google.com/books?id=zZXdAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=little+nicky+cat&source=bl&ots=hYR9TXIwPG&sig=ACfU3U3T-aBwR7o3bVp-BFcASInqht6NDw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoscSvj8rkAhVMba0KHfoyA_84FBDoATAEegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=little%20nicky%20cat&f=false
 * Additional references could be added from "The Cat Encyclopedia" which references this cat.
 * https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/24/sciencenews.genetics
 * The guardian includes quotes surrounding the ethical controversy that could further provide detail to the article.
 * https://phys.org/news/2019-09-cat-chinese-firm-cloned-kitten.html
 * https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2019/sep/06/copy-cats-pet-cloning-in-china-in-pictures
 * Updates on further cat cloning commercially in China.
 * https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2019/sep/06/copy-cats-pet-cloning-in-china-in-pictures
 * Updates on further cat cloning commercially in China.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * CC (cat)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Like with the above, this article is very short and could be fleshed out with further detail. It is rated as "Stub" class with "Low" importance by the Wikipedia Genetics Project.


 * Sources
 * This could be updated with information from the encyclopedia britannica: https://www.britannica.com/list/cc-the-first-cloned-cat

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Genetic privacy


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well written but very short. Additionally it begins with specific cases of issues, and does not provide a broad overview of the topic. Its scope could be increased to general descriptions. In addition, it could potentially be expanded with references to recently arisen issues on genetic privacy, such as the inclusion of genetic data into Protected Health Information.


 * Sources

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/Regulation-of-Genetic-Tests

NHGRI statement on regulations regarding genetic testing.

https://academic.oup.com/jlb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jlb/lsz007/5489401?searchresult=1

A recent review article on law and genetic privacy.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee051

Article on genetic testing from the International Encyclopedia of Ethics

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