Cell Division : Literature Assignment

Overview

Choose a topic that is in some way related to cell division. You will find a primary research article and a relevant review article and write a brief summary of the primary review article, using background information from the review article.

Details about the assignment and how to find a primary research article are described in this handout.

Objectives

• Students will become familiar with the scientific literature including the identification of primary research articles and the use of common search tools.

• Students will develop their scientific writing skills.

• Students will gain an in-depth understanding of an aspect of cell division or a closely related topic.

Assignment Requirements

1. Choose any topic related to cell division. Some examples:

• regulation of cell division-cyclins

• chromosome structure

• the role of the cytoskeleton in cell division

• cytokinesis

• distribution of the cytoplasm and organelles during cell division

• genes required for cell division

• membranes and cell division

• polyploidy

• aneuploidy

• cancer and cell division

• apoptosis and cell division

These are just a few of many possible topics.

2. Choose a primary research article that is relevant to your topic and to the course material (must be work at the cellular and molecular level).

Choose an article from a peer-reviewed journal that has been published within the last 5 years (information about finding articles can be found below). Clinical research papers and case reports are NOT acceptable.

3. Find a review article relevant to your primary research article. There may be reviews listed in the references to the primary research article or try a PubMed search (click on ‘Review' on the left side of the screen after typing your topic in the search box).

4. Write a short summary of the primary research article. The summary should be very brief (1-3 pages, double-spaced).

• Put your name on your paper and in the name of the file.

• Do not use direct quotes.

Things to include in your summary:

a) a general discussion of background information

b) What question(s) are the authors trying to answer with this set of experiments?

 c) a brief description of the types of techniques used in this paper (i.e. genetic crosses, mutations, cell sorting, mass spectrometry, chromatography, gel electrophoresis, in vitro translation, fluorescence microscopy, DNA sequencing, etc.)

d) What do the authors conclude?

4. There will be 3 assignments posted on Canvas. Upload your summary, your primary research article, and your review article to Canvas. Make sure that all three files are all in pdf format. Articles must be the full article (links and abstracts are not acceptable).

Attachment:- Cell Division.rar