Example of a well-written discussion post.
1. General thoughts. I really liked this paper because it
opened my eyes to an aspect of biology that I had never known before. Blah,
blah, blah.
2. Comments from the related literature. Jones et al. (2020)
reported similar results and extended those from the assigned paper.
Specifically, they showed blah, blah, blah. In Figure 3, the RNA-Seq analysis
showed that genes A, B, and C were upregulated under the conditions encountered
by the bacteria in the bloodstream.
3. Literature cited. (Primary) Jones, A.B., Smith, E.F., and
Harvey, R.A. 2020. RNA-Seq analysis of E. coli in the bloodstream. Infect.
Immun. 21:306-320.
• If you complete part 1, you get 8 points.
• If you complete part 2 citing and discussing a primary
research paper (not review) along with an appropriately constructed literature
cited, you get 9 points. If you cite a review article, you get 8.5 points.
• If you cite the data from a table or figure of a primary
research paper (not a review), you get 10 points.
• If you fail to follow the instructions for posting a
discussion, you lose 1 point for every noncompliance.
• If you submit your discussion one week late, you get half
credit. After that, you get no credit. Late homeworks are not penalized.
• If you plagiarize, you will get 0 points and you will be
turned into the Dean of Students. If you start by clicking Control-C (Copy),
you are already in trouble.
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