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The above is a link to an article written by Dr. Samantha Wisely, who is currently an Associate Professor in Zoology and Physiology at Kansas State University. The article is an evaluation of the genetic management of the endangered black footed ferret and the current system put in place by the AZA (American Zoo and Aquarium Associations) for the conservation of the species. It is a generally held convention in science articles like this one that you do not present raw data. No one but another research scientist would be able to understand it. Therefore the information has to be collected, summarized, and translated into terms that an average person would be able to understand. This article also utilizes tables and figures to present some of its research data in a clear accessible manner. This article is important because it discusses one of the key methods to trying to preserve a species. The black footed ferret recovery program is just getting underway and without proper analysis of it's methods, there is no guarantee it would work. This article concludes that the current management program under the AZA will succeed in its goal of maintaining 80% of the genetic diversity of the program's founder population over the course of the next 25 years. This will go a long way towards saving a species.
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ReplyDeleteThe job internship looks interesting. It will be cool to see what you come up with for a cover letter for that job.
As far as the article goes, I think that in order to really look at the technical aspects of this article, you would want to cite specific parts of the article, analyzing the specific language of it. How much familiarity with specific terminology is required to read this article?
For instance, what the hell are "predictions from a pedigree-based kinship matrix" ? This is discipline specific language that the article assumes the reader has, which limits its audience.