User:HT416/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: Cleavage (embryo)
 * Article Evaluation: Description/Why I would like to edit: This article talks about the division of cells in the early embryo, illustrating the mechanisms conducted and the types of cleavage dependent on the concentration of the yolk within the egg. Taking a developmental biology course here at Laurier, I believe that more information can be added in terms of where it occurs, its characteristics, and maybe other mechanisms associated with cleavage.
 * Strengths:
 * - Information on the types of cleavage (holoblastic/meroblastic) and tables diving into the subcategories of the types of cleavage
 * - Good use of photos for reference
 * - Appropriate citations
 * - Good amount of references
 * - Links to further pages
 * Weakness'/Improvements:
 * - Lack of information in regards to the mechanism - Can have more in-depth information about the cell cycles and how it is facilitated to result in the cleavage
 * - Can talk more in depth about determinants of types of cleavage
 * - Cell cycles and how it is facilitated to result in the cleavage
 * - Information on the subcategories of cleavage (Ex. bilateral, radial, rotational, spiral)
 * Sources:
 * https://www.britannica.com/science/cleavage-embryo
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9992/
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1958.tb01409.x
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7651822/
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6500441/
 * https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-019-0705-x
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6500441/
 * https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-019-0705-x

Option 2

 * Article title: Osmosis
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Description/Why I would like to edit: This article takes a deeper dive into osmosis and its movement of solvent across a semipermeable membrane, topics of mechanism, role in living things, factors, and variation are analyzed. Through high school and university osmosis is discussed over and over again, I believe that I can add context to what osmosis is by talking about more factors that have the ability to affect the rate.
 * Strengths:
 * - Good use of photos for reference
 * - Good/direct description of osmosis
 * - Good references
 * - I liked how under the "variations" heading reverse and forward osmosis are mentioned briefly, but the main article is cited that explains the specific process further
 * Weakness'/Improvements:
 * - Mechanisms of osmosis can be properly conveyed - section should be more lengthy as the mechanism of osmosis is what provides the understanding of the topic
 * - Can add more examples on the role of osmotic pressure in living things to help reader develop a deeper understanding
 * Sources:
 * https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/05%3A_Structure_and_Function_of_Plasma_Membranes/5.2%3A_Passive_Transport/5.2E%3A_Osmosis
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253815326570
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253815326570
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557609/
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/43426881
 * https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/osmosis-and-its-role-in-human-biology-and-health
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557609/
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/43426881
 * https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/osmosis-and-its-role-in-human-biology-and-health

Option 3

 * Article title: Humoral immunity
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Description/Why I would like to edit: This article talks about immunity mediated by macromolecules and the antibody production involved in the humors or body fluids that help form an immune system. I have never heard of humoral immunity before, so this choice is based on interest in the topic. By reading and editing the article I can learn more about humoral immunity and through that learn what could be added to provide more context.
 * Strengths:
 * - Table that helps identify major discoveries in the study of humeral immunity
 * - Appropriate citations
 * Weakness'/Improvements:
 * - I believe that anti-body production is of extreme importance in regards to the immune system - The anti-body production section needs to be bigger. Helper T cells can be mentioned in a bigger context as they assist B cells.
 * - B cells help to initiate an antibody response so their mechanism can be explained and added in more deatil
 * - More use of photos can be helped to explain how the B cells are triggered
 * - References can be added
 * Sources:
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136491/
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26827/
 * https://www.immunology.org/public-information/bitesized-immunology/cells/b-cells
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26884/
 * https://rupress.org/jem/article/207/2/365/40852/IL-21-regulates-germinal-center-B-cell
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/ni1076
 * https://jbiomedsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12929-019-0558-1
 * https://rupress.org/jem/article/207/2/365/40852/IL-21-regulates-germinal-center-B-cell
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/ni1076
 * https://jbiomedsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12929-019-0558-1