Biological Evolution Spring 2018 WRITING ASSIGNMENT (200
POINTS) DUE DATE FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: APRIL 29TH 2018 CASE STUDY
IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY–For this writing assignment you will pick a
peer-reviewed scientific study in the field of evolutionary biology
and analyze it in depth. In this assignment, you will write a
concise abstract of the chosen work, an introduction on the overall
topic within evolutionary biology the study is focused on, and a
discussion on how the presented methodology and results of the
research advanced (or not) our knowledge within the area of
evolutionary biology the study is focused on. Writing this
assignment will help you learn to read primary scientific
literature and to combine the results from the literature and your
ideas into a thoughtful analysis of research in evolutionary
biology. Your written analysis should follow the guidelines and
formatting below. AVOIDING PLAGIARISM: The assignment must be your
own and in your words. There are numerous ways to communicate
similar thoughts. So, you should take from various authors, process
the information, produce something that is clearly your own
product, and use citations to give credit to the original source
for BOTH conceptual ideas AND any data that you present. Lack of
proper attribution and/or plagiarized text/figures will result in
severe grade penalties. TOPIC IDEAS: For topic ideas try key word
searches in a database search engine (e.g., Web of Science, Google
Scholar, or PubMed, see below). Some journals that you may want to
scan for topic ideas are more generalized journals with many broad
papers including “BMC Evolutionary Biology”, “PLOS ONE”, and
“Nature: Scientific Reports.” This is by no means an exhaustive
list, and because interesting evolutionary biology research is
found in nonevolution specific journals, I encourage you to use Web
of Science or Google Scholar as well. I am happy to talk to you in
or out of class or by email about topics that you are interested
in. It is highly recommended that you talk to me about your ideas
if you are unsure whether your chosen topic fits the assignment.
Page 1 of 5 Biological Evolution Spring 2018 RESOURCES: Library and
Research Resources: General library research resources are
available at: https://allaplusessays.com/order Searching for
Scientific Literature: The search engines most useful to you will
most likely be Google Scholar, PubMed, and SCSU Library Databases.
To access SCSU Library Databases go to
https://allaplusessays.com/order
guide.phpsubject=databases&_ga=2.72959635.1427582946.1509550654-1742056851.1
496248952 To access Google Scholar go to
https://allaplusessays.com/order and enter search terms. To access
PubMed go to https://allaplusessays.com/order, choose “search
PubMed” and enter search terms. All search engines use boolean
criteria [and, or, not etc…] to combine search terms. NOTE: in Web
of Science and Google Scholar you can look at the papers that were
cited in a given paper, as well as all the papers that have cited
that paper since its publication. Retrieving Scientific Papers: In
SCSU Databases you can use the “Download PDF” button to go directly
to PDFs of journal articles that interest you if SCSU has access.
1) Determine if SCSU has access to the journal of interest for the
publication year. Link to E-journals from the library home page,
and search for the title (e.g., “Evolution and Development”). 2) If
SCSU does not have e-access, the hard copy may be in the stacks.
Link to Catalog: Books & more from the library home page and
search for the journal title. Check that the volume and issue
numbers match the article you need. 3) A great service of the SCSU
library is electronic document retrieval. If the library has the
article you need in the stacks, you can have it scanned and
retrieve it as a PDF. If the library does not have the article you
need, you can request an electronic copy. The library will find
another library with the article, have it scanned, and you will be
able to retrieve it as a PDF. These services usually just take a
couple of days and can be found under the “Request Materials” link
from the SCSU library home page. Page 2 of 5 Biological Evolution
Spring 2018 The SCSU Writing Center: The SCSU writing center (The
Write Place) is another great resource at the university. They are
there to help you not only with your grammatical problems but also
with the logical structure of your term paper and presentation.
Please don’t hesitate to take advantage of this resource. To learn
more about this click here: https://allaplusessays.com/order
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