User:Michellwww/Wolbachia/Katlynheneghan Peer Review

Peer review
This is where you will complete your peer review exercise. Please use the following template to fill out your review.

General info

 * I am reviewing the work of user:Michelwww
 * Link to draft you're reviewing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michellwww/sandbox#cite_ref-1

Lead
Guiding questions:


 * The work the Michell has completed on her sanbox has been added to the Wolbachia wiki page
 * She includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic stating: "Wolbachia is transmitted vertically, through maternal egg cytoplasm, but can also be horizontally transmitted between species"
 * Prior to Michell's contributions, the Wolbachia page offered a characterization of Wolbachia (a "genus of gram-negative bacteria that infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of insects, and also some nematodes.") and highlighted its interaction with its host noting that they are "complex, and in some cases have evolved to be mutualistic rather than parasitic."
 * Michell's contribution described that Wolbachia frequently biomagnify. That is, as she write, they "can be found in species higher in the food chain, such as sheep and even other mammals"
 * Additionally, Michell described Wolbachia's symbotic interaction with a particular organism: the yellow fever mosquito, or Aedes Aegypti’s symbiosis, noting the advantages that both organisms receive from the interaction
 * In conclusion, Michell provided thoughful, consise, and novel contributions to the Wolbachia page

Content
Guiding questions:


 * The content Michell contributed cited sources ranging from '97 to 2011 suggesting that it is up mostly up to date
 * However, there is perhaps room here to try to add more recent sources, if those are available

Tone and Balance
Guiding questions:


 * The content added by Michell was neutral
 * The claims put forth by Michell were not heavily biased towards a particular position
 * Michell does a nice job at providing a balanced perspective on the symbioses between Aedes Aegypti and Wolbachia. For instance, she notes that Wolbachia can be harmful to the mosquito, as they have been "seen to decrease the lifespan of Aedes Aegypti." On the other hand, however, she notes that "Wolbachia protects them [the mosquito] against Dengue."

Sources and References
Guiding questions:


 * All the content is backed up by a variety of reliable sources including research from Nature, Plos One, and the Annual Review of Entomology.
 * All the links work

Organization
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 * Michell provided well written and oragnized content that effectively synthesizes what is know about in general, as well as the interactions between Wolbachia and Aedes Aegypti. There are no spelling or grammar errors present.

Images and Media
Guiding questions: If your peer added images or media


 * Peer did not add images

For New Articles Only
If the draft you're reviewing is a new article, consider the following in addition to the above.


 * Michell added content. However, she did not write an entire new article or start a new page.

Overall impressions
Guiding questions:


 * Overall, Michell did a great job at improving the quality of the Wolbachia wiki page. In particular, she provided the Wiki community with additional background on Wolbachia as an organism and the specific interaction between Wolbachia and a specific organism: Aedes Aegypti’s
 * The only suggestion that I have to improve the content would be to attempt to find additional, more up to date research, if possible.
 * The strengths of this contribution is that it is thorough, fits nicely into the work already done on this page. Ultimately, it is clear that the author can synthesize information effectively.

Overall evaluation
Nice job, Miwo !!! (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ