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Article Selection[edit]

Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Article title: Agouti (gene)
Article Evaluation: The article's strengths are that it's extremely informative and detailed, but it needs to be written better. I would also add pictures and diagrams (like Punnet Squares, for instance) to make the information more understandable and accessible. Additionally, almost all of the sources are primary sources (research papers and journal articles) and are more than 10-20 years old. More recent, secondary sources need to be added.
Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21804/

Article title: Heritability of IQ
Article Evaluation: This article is extremely lengthy, wordy, and technical. There is plenty of relevant information, but it needs to be reworded in order to be understandable for everyone. Similarly to the Agouti (gene) article, if the reader doesn't already have an understanding of genetics and heritability, this article would be very difficult to read and actually be able to learn any information from.
Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932402/; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/twin-research-and-human-genetics/article/wilson-effect-the-increase-in-heritability-of-iq-with-age/FF406CC4CF286D78AF72C9E7EF9B5E3F

Article title: Medical Humanities
Article Evaluation: Generally, this article is pretty good and informative. The sources are all up-to-date and several appear to be secondary sources. The lead is very concise, but doesn't give the best description of the entire article, so this should be reworded. Lastly, the article is extremely short and doesn't really go into all of the aspects and details of medical humanities, so more information should be added.
Sources: https://www.medscape.com/courses/section/898060; https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/code-medical-ethics-overview

Article title: Statistical Genetics
Article Evaluation: This article is rated as a "Stub-class" and has basically no information. There are no external links, no sources, no content, and no organization. There would be a lot of work to do for this article.
Sources: https://www.biostat.ucla.edu/statistical-genetics; https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/sections/statistical-genetics-and-methodology; https://sph.umich.edu/csg/

Article title: Mendelian Inheritance
Article Evaluation: Overall, the article's content and organization is really good, but the sources are really lacking. The wording is a little technical, but it still is very informative and helpful. I like how it included visuals like a Punnet Square and a table with definitions. I think that the different Punnet Squares and other visuals make the concepts much easier to understand. The only thing that needs to be added is additional sources to back up all of the information in the article.
Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/mendelian-inheritance; https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mendelian-Inheritance; https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/gregor-mendel-and-the-principles-of-inheritance-593/