User:GoldenRetriever21/sandbox

= Week 14 = I am going to add/edit a couple of sentences about skin to the Anatomy section of the Iguana article.

Quote about skin from Anatomy section of Iguana article: "...and a row of spines running down their backs to their tails. Behind their necks are small scales which resemble spokes, known as tuberculate scales. These scales may be a variety of colors and are not always visible from close distances."

I would like to expand this to say the following:

...and a row of elongated scales running from the midline of the neck down to the tails. Iguanas have varying types of scales covering different areas of their body, for example, there are some large round tuberculate scales scattered around the lateral region of the neck among smaller, overlapping scales. The scales on the dorsal trunk of their body are also thicker and more tightly packed than those on the ventral side.

Sources


 * 1) Chang, Cheng, et al. “Reptile Scale Paradigm: Evo-Devo, Pattern Formation and Regeneration.” The International Journal of Developmental Biology, vol. 53, no. 5-6, 2009, pp. 813–826., doi:10.1387/ijdb.072556cc.

= Week 8 (Mar. 31-Apr. 6) =

Responding to Peer Review

 * Comment by BioBuzz: "I would suggest adding some more images maybe from dissection because the Iguana page does not have very many images of the anatomy. "

Response: I agree with this and this week during our first day of dissecting the iguana we made sure to take more pictures than we were originally planning just to have more available. We are considering adding another section about iguana integument, which would include microscope images of the scales and other areas of skin.


 * Comment by BioBuzz: "I would suggest adding links to some of the terms you have in this section [referring to Phylogeny section] if they already have Wikipedia pages for other users that may not know what these are (e.g. snakes, anguimorphs, lepidosaurs)"
 * Comment by AR12Fan: "As others have stated before me, the phylogeny addition section may be a little too wordy. You guys may want to work on smoothing that section out for your future work as some sentences seem a little too long. "
 * Comment by RameyEA: "The edits to the phylogeny section have a good start, but seem to be a bit wordy and contain some jargon that your typical user wouldn't know. It might be helpful to either swap/drop some words or link to other pages, especially for the scientific names and groupings. "

Response: This is also great feedback, in my next draft I will definitely link more of the applicable terms and define a couple of the words in more accessible ways that facilitate better understanding of the topic.


 * Comment by AR12Fan: "In the future, you should state who contributed to what piece so it is important to contact that person directly instead of the whole group"

Response: Yes, I noticed that other groups labeled each member's work well and it made a big difference so I will do that from now on.


 * Comment by AR12Fan: "For other future work, it may be beneficial to find a figure or create one of a predicted phylogeny."
 * Comment by RameyEA: "For the phylogenies referenced, are they available/copyrighted? Would you be able to use them as a visual to clarify the section? "
 * Comment by Lunord22: "I think in the phylogeny section, a picture of the theoretical phylogeny would be beneficial."

Response: I was hoping to have a figure of a phylogeny but all of the phylogeny I found were copyrighted so I will keep looking, and make sure to note on my draft that an image of some sort is intended.


 * Comment by RameyEA: "the in text citations make it a bit difficult to follow. Perhaps a footnote citation alone could clear this up."

Response: I will add some footnote citations so the reader can easily see which source I am referring to.

= Week 7 (Mar. 17-22) =

User:Lunord22/sandbox (Rattlesnake group sandbox):

 * In the Snake vertebrae subsection draft there were multiple in-text citation superscript numbers made for the same source, which is an easy fix - when clicking the "Cite" button on the visual editor, just re-use one of your previously made citations.
 * Also, there are a couple of spelling and grammar edits that I would like to make to the Three-chambered Heart section, which I proposed on their talk page.

User:AICOI/sandbox (Rabbitt group sandbox):

 * In the Rabbit Reproduction section of the Group Draft, I think you may have made a spelling error, as Kurtames pointed out.
 * Original: "In an adult male rabbit, the stealth of the penis is cylinder-like..."
 * Proposed Edit: "In an adult male rabbit, the sheath of the penis is cylinder-like"
 * It might be a good idea to specify where in the Rabbit article you propose to add your drafted sections, I would suggest after the Digestion section.
 * You could also add some images from your dissection of the respiratory system.
 * Are you also planning on adding this to the Lagomorpha page?

= Week 6 (Mar. 10-16) =

Phylogeny
A phylogeny based on nuclear protein-coding genes, reviewed by Vidal and Hedges (2009) suggested that the subclade Iguania is in a group with snakes and anguimorphs, which all have an oral gland capable of secreting toxins (a derived trait). The phylogeny based on whole mitochondrial genomes, proposed by Rest et. al. (2003), argues that the closest relative of the Green Iguana is the Mole Skink (Eumeces egregius). Within the lepidosaurs, both iguanians and tuataras (Sphenodons) project their tongue to seize prey items instead of using their jaw, which is called tongue prehension, but iguanians are the only lineage within Squamata that displays this trait, meaning that it was gained independently in both iguanians and tuataras. Iguanians are also the only squamates that primarily use their sight to identify and track prey rather than chemoreception, and employ an ambush technique of catching prey instead of active searching.

= Week 5 (Mar.3-9) = Group work on the Iguana article will be posted in Porter's Sandbox.

= Week 4 (Feb. 25-Mar. 1) =

1st Choice: Rat
I am interested in dissecting a rat and learning more about its anatomy because, since it is a mammal it has a more differentiated vertebral column and I would like to learn about the adaptations that rats have acquired to be successful in so many diverse environments.


 * I took a look at the Rat page and although it talked about many different functional roles of rats in the human environment, it did not go into much detail on the biology of the rat itself so I think there would be a lot I could contribute, such as details about their evolutionary adaptations.

2nd Choice: Mudpuppy
I am interested in dissecting and researching the mudpuppy because it looks and behaves similarly to some of the early tetrapods, so I think dissecting its anatomy would illustrate the progression of morphology to life on land.


 * The article on the Common mudpuppy could use some more information on the phylogenetic of the species, and the page for the genus Necturus need some more images and anatomical information. The Salamander page is a really good example and would provide me some guidance of what might be helpful to include.

3rd Choice: Iguana
I am interested in learning and observing more about the Iguana because, as a reptile it must have some interesting adaptations for thermoregulation that I would like to see and understand from an anatomical perspective.


 * The Iguana article has very little information in general, but especially about behavior so I would like to gather and summarize some data on behaviors (mating, etc.) in the article.

= Week 3 (Feb. 18-22) =

Article Contribution: Libbie Hyman
Ideas: adding citations where it says "citation needed", correcting some of the links to pages that do not exist, adding some text referencing Hyman on Charles Manning Child's article, paraphrasing some of the quoted sections, adding some missing information to the infobox, finding some more helpful sources for additional input.


 * Added some in-text citations to direct quotes from her autobiography (which is credited in the references section).
 * Added and cited the detail that she suffered from Parkinson's before she died.
 * Added and cited a mention of her published lab manual to the lead section.
 * Un-linked some of the links to pages that did not exist.

= Week 1/2 (Feb. 6-15) =

Rating:

 * Rated as C-class (cleanup needed) and marked as Mid-importance

Citations:

 * Not all of the links work (six of them are referencing articles that no longer exist).
 * Some of the references are not in the proper format.
 * For example, in the Bibliography section:

"Hyman did not keep her correspondence, according to Frederick R. Schram, who found some of her letters to Martin Burkenroad in the archives of the San Diego Natural History Museum; see Schram's 'A Correspondence between Martin Burkenroad and Libbie Hyman; or, Whatever Did Happen to Libbie Hyman's Lingerie,' in F. M. Truesdale, ed., History of Carcinology, vol. 8 of Crustacean Issues (1993), pp. 119–142"
 * This is not a proper reference, it is supposed to be in MLA format and only contain the relevant reference information. The comment should have been in the body text and including a citation. There are a few more similar instances where the author described the source instead of just citing it.
 * I would also add a "See Also" section to reference other comparative anatomists or biologists.

Formatting:

 * The section entitled "Life" could have been broken up into different aspects or phases to make it more readable.


 * The lead section is very short (only one sentence containing the name, lifespan, and profession) and the overall formatting was not specific enough to draw a reader's attention to the details of her life and work.
 * Add information about her nationality and most relevant contributions to science (including her lab manuals).
 * Add a separate section for her published works and where they have been notably in use.
 * Add a separate section for the awards and distinctions she received for her work.
 * Add examples of images she drew from her laboratory manuals.

Bias:

 * Having a substantial lead section for this article about a female scientist is important when confronting sexism on Wikipedia because often it is the only part of an article that is read.
 * At the beginning of the article, Hyman was referred to as "the daughter of..." which emphasizes her relationship to her father and casts him as her possessor, undermining her individuality.
 * Although Charles Manning Child was linked on Hyman's page, she was not linked on his, even though they are of comparable importance, especially in their related fields.

Relevance and Use:

 * Hyman's laboratory manuals are almost a hundred years old so they are probably used in numerous locations but not credited. Where are they used?
 * Her laboratory manuals on zoology and comparative anatomy of vertebrates are not copyrighted and have been scanned into downloadable, free-access archive.org.
 * This article is part of three different Wikiprojects: Biography/ Science and Academia, History of Science, and Women Scientists.