Arabidopsis thaliana

Topic: Arabidopsis thaliana
This is a review paper based on readings from primary research articles and NOT from review articles. The paper will be checked for plagiarism through turnitin.com
The main body should have not less than 1500 words
Numerically cite references in the body of the paper
Margins: No more than 1 inch, no less than 0.5 inches. Text spacing should be 1.5 – 2 lines

Lack of citations or few citations (less than 7) will result in loss of points. At least two of your sources should be current (within the last 10 years). Newspapers, blogs, social science journals, student papers, general science books (including your text book), pay-to-publish journals, or encyclopedias (online such as Wikipedia or print) are NOT acceptable sources. Cite your sources each time you use them. You may cite a source multiple times in the paper and you may use several source citations for the same data if all of the papers have that information in them. The foundation of your paper is based on the quality and quantity of your references and, like a house foundation, if these are weak or lacking the remainder of the house is in jeopardy. This will result in a low score on your paper. Do not use the same journal for more than 2 of your citations. Acceptable scientific journals are those that have been peer reviewed.
Citation Format
The Citation Format for this paper will follow the American Medical Association (AMA) style. Do not use a citation generator. Here is a checklist for each citation. The citations should run linearly. See examples following.

First author’s last name
Author’s first initial
Comma
Second author’s last name
Second author’s first initial
Period
Title of article
Period
Journal name in italics (if an article)
Year of publication
Semicolon
Volume number
Issue number in parentheses
Colon
Inclusive page numbers (if it is a journal article)
Web address (if found online)
Example of citation below.
Lohse K, Frantz LA. Neandertal admixture in Eurasia confirmed by maximum likelihood analysis of three genomes. Genetics 2014;196 (4):1241–1251
Navarro P, Chambers I, Karwacki-Neisius V, et al. Molecular coupling of Xist regulation and pluripotency. Science 2008; 321 (5896):1693-1695. https://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/321/5896/1693.
Other Citation Stuff:
Cited works are numbered in order of initial appearance in the text (1,2,3, etc.) and appear in the Citation Page in numerical order (1,2,3, etc.).
Authors’ names are inverted, and use only initials for first and middle names. No periods between initials.
In article titles only the first word, proper nouns, and abbreviations that are ordinarily capitalized are capitalized.
Use accepted abbreviations of journal names.
For journals, use issue numbers in parentheses after the volume number. If there is no issue number specify month before the year.
For more than 6 authors us “et al.” after the third author.
Title Page
The title page should look something like what is listed below. The italicized material is what you would write specific to your paper (and you would not have it in italics).
Title of your Topic

Biology 101- Plant Biology

school

Instructor:

Your name

Date

Paper Proper

Title of the topic

Introduction
A paragraph that outlines your topic.

Body of the paper:
The body should have the main part of the paper and then a brief summary paragraph at the end. You should compose your article with a description in your own words about your topic. YOU MAY NOT USE QUOTATIONS IN YOUR PAPER. Quoted material will result in a reduction in your grade.

Citation page
The citation page has a specific format. You have numbered your citations in the body of the text. Each number (listed in numerical order) should be in the citation section followed by the format listed in the citations section in this document. Make sure that you check your web links before you hand in your paper. I have (and probably will) check your resources and dead-links result in a lower grade on your paper.