Regeneration lab report outline/rubric
Instructions:
For this assignment you will be reviewing three peer review journal articles on regeneration in a taxonomic group of invertebrates. You will need to select a relevant topic based on regeneration in a taxon of invertebrates. Examples of relevant topics include regeneration at the molecular level, cellular level, influence of abiotic and biotic factors on regeneration, extent of regeneration in a particular taxon, etc. Your paper will need to include an Introduction, three sections reviewing a different peer reviewed journal, and a Discussion. Please follow the guidelines below on what to include for each section..
Format (5/10 points)
- Report must be typed with black Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced and all margins set to 1 inch (It is VERY easy to tell when the margins have been altered)
- Title page with a title describing the report, name, date, and course number
- Page numbers in upper right-hand corner containing last name (not including title page)
- The report should be a minimum of 5 pages and a maximum of 10 pages
- Spelling/Grammar
- Passive voice in third person past tense (no I, me, my, mine, we, us, you, etc)
- Example: “The specimen was transferred to a petri dish containing filtered pond water using a pipette.”
- Do not use contractions (didn’t, don’t, etc)
- The names of all taxa must be capitalized and the names of genera must be capitalized and italicized (ex: Dugesia dorotocephala)
- REMEMBER TO SPELL CHECK
- If you have difficulty with the English language, I recommend taking your paper to the writing center and/or having someone proofread it for you
- Passive voice in third person past tense (no I, me, my, mine, we, us, you, etc)
- In general, the paper should have a precise, detached, and impersonal tone
- DO NOT INCLUDE ANY QUOTES
- DO NOT COPY AND PASTE FROM SOURCES. EVER.
Introduction (10 points)
- This section is the review of all background information relevant to the experiments; pretend the reader knows nothing about the relevant topic you are concentrating on
- Start with a broad overview at first then get into more specific details of your study system as you progress through the intro
- This section should include objectives on what you are reviewing for this paper
- Discuss the relevant topic you are reviewing on regeneration. Examples include:
- Taxa commonly used to study the topic. Be very brief.
- Overview of anatomy/ecology relevant to the experiments
- Why did you choose this relevant topic for review?
- How is this topic relevant?
- Are there any uses in medicine for this study?
- Is this relevant topic seen in multiple taxa (to what level)?
- What process/phenomenon are you studying?
- Explain what is already known about it, especially dealing with taxon you are reviewing
- General overview of the experiment
- What are the objectives?
- Do not go into your specific methods here
- This should be one of the longer sections in your paper
- This is the section where you should be citing the sources you have found. If there are no citations in this section, something is wrong
- Discuss the objectives and hypothesis of the review paper
- Review Materials and Methods used
- How was data collected
- What analyses tools were used
- Results
- What were the findings of the paper
- Where any results specifically significant to what the review paper is discussing
- Any novel findings
- Discuss the objectives and hypothesis of the reviewed paper
- Review Materials and Methods used
- How was data collected
- What analyses tools were used
- Results
- What were the findings of the paper
- Where any results specifically significant to what the review paper is discussing
- Any novel findings
- Discuss the objectives and hypothesis of the review paper
- Review Materials and Methods used
- How was data collected
- What analyses tools were used
- Results
- What were the findings of the paper
- Where any results specifically significant to what the review paper is discussing
- Any novel findings
Review of Paper 1 (5 points)
Review of Paper 2 (5 points)
Review of Paper 3 (5 points)
Discussion (10 points)
- This should be the longest section of the text
- Compare the findings of the three papers, what was similar/different
- Explain the most important findings from each of the experiments;
- How do your results compare to those of other researchers?
- Review the objectives for the review paper you created for, how do they compare to what the articles reviewed?
- The last paragraph of this section should be your conclusion
- Review the broader findings of your study
- Suggest and/or justify future research in this field
Literature Cited (10 points)
- Use references to build background knowledge in the introduction and to corroborate statements made in the discussion
- All information not derived from your results should be cited, unless it is information common to at least three of your sources
- You should have 7-10 authoritative sources (i.e. textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles)
- No websites (PDF files of journal articles are ok)
- You may use the BIOL 312 textbook as a source (I recommend this, there is some very good information in it)
- Your lab manual is NOT an acceptable reference
- When referencing articles in your text use the (Author, year) format at the end of the sentence containing the information
- For articles with two authors, cite both (Name and Name, year)
- For articles with multiple authors, use et al (Name et al, year)
- Remember, et al is Latin, and must be italicized
- In your literature cited section, use the following format (APA format):
Journal Articles:
Klemm, D. J., D. G. Huggins, & M. J. Wetzel. 1979. Kansas leeches with notes on distribution and ecology. Tech. Publ. State Biol. Surv. Kansas, 8: 38-46
Meyer, M. 1975. A new leech, Macrobdella diplotertia sp. n. (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae). From Missouri. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash., 42: 82-85.
Books:
Sawyer, R. T. 1986. Leech Biology and Behaviour. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Edited volumes:
Davies, R. W. 1991. Annelida: leeches, polychaetes and acanthobdellids. In: J. H. Thorpe and A. P. Covich (eds.) Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. Academic Press, New York.
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