User:Schanpong/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Autogamy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I find the topic interesting and it was a topic that we had recently talked about in class so I think that it's fitting.

Evaluate the article
Has a good lead that talks about the overall topic and contains everything that is going to be talked about throughout the article. I think that the content of the article could be worked on. Gives a good basic understanding on self-fertilization like the advantages and disadvantages of self-fertilization and also the genetic background of what is taking place during self-fertilization. While it gives a good explanation on self-fertilization in flowering plants and specific protist it doesn't touch on other organisms that also do self-fertilization as a process of reproduction. This is currently the only article that talks about the topic of self-fertilization so I think that it should touch on the process in other organisms other than plants. For example, the article could include information on invertebrates that take part in self-fertilization for reproduction. The article also only briefly talks about the evolution of self-fertilization and I think that this concept has a lot of information to be included like why self-fertilization takes place. The overall tone of the article is good and very neutral to the topic and informative. While the resource and reference are from reliable sources the are a little outdated. With a majority of the sources being from the 80s-90s and the most recent one being from 2015 there is a lack of recent information in the article. Should definitely have more recent sources and papers to ensure that the article is up to date on information and ideas in the science community. Article is lacking any sort fo media or images to visually represent the topic which I think is crucial to help individuals in the non-science community to understand. Overall I think that the article is a good starting point on self-fertilization. While it is called "autogamy" which is predominantly seen in flowering plants, as the only current article on self-fertilization I think that it can include some information on other organisms as it already touches on the topic of protist and fungi.