Phorofor

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Hi Phorofor!

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Sex determination system

Hi Phorophor. I like and admire your choice of article. If you dive into the depth of this subject, you will learn a lot about biology, such as developmental biology, genetics and cell differentiation. A good result will also be read by many and therefore very valuable. However, compared to the more common species articles in your projects, it is much more work for each good sentence added in this article. For the spotted eagle ray for example, it is normal to find a little text and be able to "copy" exactly the information to the article. In sex determination system it is necessary to really understand how it works and explain it. A bunch of diverse statements will not do here. For this to be reasonable in your course context, I think it is necessary that you ensure that Mr Butler agrees on this difference and calculates it in, in the evaluation and grading. I would also recommend that you buy or borrow a book on the subject. I found several on Amazon. Don't know which is best. Good luck in this important work! --Ettrig (talk) 08:44, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I mostly chose this article for a change of pace, and because the knowledge I learn from it could help in my future. I did realize, though, how much more difficult it is to get a good sentence in! I feel like getting the information in is easy, but wording it correctly and making sure it makes sense with the rest of the sentences is quite difficult. There's tons of sources out there for such a broad topic, I just have to get them to work together well. I think Mr. Butler realizes that my topic is slightly more time-consuming in some ways, since most of our class has species to work on. He actually recommended it to me while we were searching for topics in class. Also, I've been looking through my AP Biology textbook for more information, but a more specified book might be better. I might be able to check out my school library or maybe even public, if I need to. If there are some somewhat cheap books on amazon that could fit, that would work good as well! The only issue with amazon is that, after a quick search, it seems all of the very fitting books are expensive textbooks, but there are a few that I could get. Thank you so much for commenting and helping! Phorofor (talk) 11:11, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Things I've Learned

• Don't put spaces before references!
• How to cite, of course
• How to find trustworthy cites
• Contrary to what I think, similiar=/=similar
• Same thing with ancestoral and ancestral
• Reliant not relient
• Australian not Austrailian

• More to come...Probably once I get my first serious grammar check.

Tokunoshima spiny rat

I would like to thank you for writing an article about this rat. The Wikipedia Mammals Project lists 140 mammal species without articles, and this rat wasn't even on the list. Nice catch. Cheers! --Seduisant (talk) 02:00, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

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