User:FarhanaMazumder2023/Evaluate an Article

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Mutation

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Mutation is the main cause of changes in all living cells. It interests me a lot because it causes disease and destructive changes, but it is also used to detect and cure diseases. It has multifaceted implications in the life sciences.

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The lead section clearly and concisely describes the entire content and covers the main sections. But the study reference is an old version like 2007. Current study references can be updated.

The content of the article is very relevant to the article and contains specific details with examples provided. The content is mostly up to date but needs further improvement as recent research articles I found only two and most of the articles are 5-10 years old. Since mutation is very important for every aspect of life science, it needs to be updated according to recent research findings. Most of the content has been covered by the article. There is no underrepresenting subject or population history.

There is no bias on the subject in this article. The article is well balanced.

The content of this article is from reliable sources and from top rated scientific journals and reputed textbooks like Nature, Guardian, PLOS Genetics etc. Reference articles are peer reviewed. Sources have maintained different spectrums. I checked most of the links and they link to original sources.

Most of the images, except three, are not cited. The images are captioned, and the images are clear. Images follow Wikipedia's copyright rules.

From the discussion on the talk page some things need to be clarified as some confusing terms are provided and the classification section needs to be reorganized as it is split into several sections causing some confusion. This article is rated level 4, which means it is an important article and is a C-class article according to Wikipedia Content Assessment. This article has been peer-reviewed and reviewed by the journal Nature where they found 6 errors. This article is currently under four wiki projects. In class we have covered selected topics on mutation, but Wikipedia has vast information to gain more knowledge on it and is a good source of information to reinforce the basics.

Overall, this article is very well detailed and covers all topics concisely to know most aspects in one page. Content is from reputable and peer reviewed sources. Some sections are not cited properly such as the classification of mutation, Large-scale and small-scale mutations. The prion mutation section is very small and can be improved. I found this section very important to know more about so it can be improved. Also new research information is not updated as often. Only two references are from recent studies (2022). Therefore, this field can also be improved to update the information according to current research findings or a new section on current research findings can be included.

My overall assessment is that this article is well developed.