BIO 7B - Human Physiology

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For this term paper, you may choose any topic related to Human Physiology. 

• The object of the assignment is to choose a piece of primary literature (original research article*) and describe and/or critique it. Optionally, you may also refer to other articles for comparison or to access other information. The idea is to describe a published experiment and reach conclusions about it.
• Other articles that you refer to can be primary literature, review articles, or government reports.
• The paper needs to be 3-5 pages long, double-spaced. It should be a simple essay with references.

*If you are not familiar with primary references, see the explanation and examples on the "Identify Research Article Types" page.

The references section should be formatted in any standard format, such as APA, or you may use the following format:

[Reference Number]. [Authors], [Year]. [Title of Article]. [Journal], [Volume(issue):start page number]

Examples:

1. Skywalker, L., 1977. Deconstructing the Death Star. J Entropic Politics, 77(5):1234
2. Tarkin, GM., 1977. Planetary Scale Particle Beam Weapons. J Fear and Oppression, 2(1):425

In-line citations should be formatted using the author's name and year of publication in parentheses.

Example:

Although the Death Star took years to build and cost the lives of many unskilled workers (Tarkin 1977), it took only moments to destroy (Skywalker 1977).