User:Tkyzeng/sandbox

Robert Boyle
The article is extensive but can be improved. Starting from the introduction, there are broad claims that lack citations--for example, "Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist..." should have a citation. The "Important works" section could be improved by adding several brief explanations of the works (or removing some that would not be considered important). The article is not completely neutral, because the article only adopts the viewpoint that Robert Boyle was an important pioneering scientist; alternative viewpoints should be included if there are other scientists who could be considered responsible for the same developments or discoveries. The article was not rated because it did not meet the "good article" criteria at the time it was considered.

Royal Society
The article is generally well written (it has a "good article" rating), with a strong introduction and history section. The article is neutral, and multiple viewpoints are represented--for example, in the history section, multiple perspectives on the founding of the Royal Society are provided. Many of the citations are of articles written by the Royal Society; generally, such citations are not recommended, but in this case, the articles are likely the most detailed source available (the information may not exist elsewhere). The sections "Functions and activities" and "19th century to the present" could be expanded, because they are relatively short.

Mathematical biology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_and_theoretical_biology

Possible changes:


 * Expand history section
 * Add more basic concepts

Biological databases:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_database

Possible changes:


 * Describe some past/existing/upcoming databases
 * Describe controversy over databases (ex: "The Iceland Controversy" in Global Assemblages: Technology, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems)

Polygenic inheritance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polygenic_inheritance&redirect=no

This is my chosen topic; I would like to turn this page--which currently redirects to a page on QTLs--into a separate article. Understanding how genetic variation affects disease has been a central focus in genetics, and because most diseases fall into the category of complex traits, the study of polygenic inheritance is important. Our understanding of complex traits/polygenic inheritance has undergone several paradigm shifts.

Other relevant Wikipedia articles:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_heritability_problem
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_trait_locus#Quantitative_traits

Some sources:


 * Resolved debate over Mendelian genetics: http://www.indiana.edu/~curtweb/L567/readings/Fisher1918.pdf
 * Largely resolved “missing heritability” problem: https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.608
 * Importance of noncoding variants: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929714001062
 * Omnigenic hypothesis (recent influential development): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867417306293