Gregor Mendel obituaries.
Gregor Mendel
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Your role for this writing assignment is to write two obituaries for Gregor Mendel for an audience composed of fellow scientists who might have been interested in his work. One obituary is to be published in 1885, a year after his death in 1884. The other obituary is to be published in 1901, a year after his work was discovered. Each obituary should reflect what was known about Mendel’s work at the time the obituary was published. The first part of the second obituary may be similar to that written in 1885.
Writing Assignment #1
Gregor Mendel died in 1884. His work was rediscovered in 1900.
Your role for this writing assignment is to write two obituaries for Gregor Mendel for an audience composed of fellow scientists who might have been interested in his work. One obituary is to be published in 1885, a year after his death in 1884. The other obituary is to be published in 1901, a year after his work was discovered. Each obituary should reflect what was known about Mendel’s work at the time the obituary was published. The first part of the second obituary may be similar to that written in 1885.
If you use information outside of lecture notes, that information must be cited in a format used by the journal Genetics, which is published by the Genetics Society of America. Please refer to this web site and scroll to “References” for specific information on citation: http://www.genetics.org/content/prep-manuscript#references
You should address the following. You can determine which obituary should contain which information.
A summary of Mendel’s life.
What was the connection between becoming a priest and studying math and science?
What were the thoughts/beliefs about genetics at the time Mendel did his work?
A summary of Mendel’s work
Scientists are encouraged to publish their scientific work. Did Mendel publish his work before he died?
How was Mendel’s work rediscovered? Who rediscovered it? What was the reaction to his rediscovered work?
Darwin published Origin of Species in 1859 before Mendel died. What questions did each have that the other one might have answered?
Note: I am not providing a rubric. However, when I grade your essays, I will be looking for the above information.
Some good Internet sources to get you started:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/Gregor-Mendel-A-Private-Scientist-6618227
https://www.dnalc.org/view/16167-Biography-2-Gregor-Mendel-1822-1884-.html
https://history.nih.gov/exhibits/nirenberg/HS1_mendel.htm
http://www.mendelweb.org/Mendel.html
http://www.esp.org/timeline/
You are also encouraged to do an appropriate search on PubMed.
An example of an obituary written for the American Society of Human Genetics can be found at http://www.ashg.org/pdf/obit/JR-1-s2.0-S0002929714002286-main.pdf
Each obituary should be one-two pages, single-spaced, 1 inch margins, Times New Roman font, 12 point font.
Gregor Mendel died in 1884. His work was rediscovered in 1900.
Your role for this writing assignment is to write two obituaries for Gregor Mendel for an audience composed of fellow scientists who might have been interested in his work. One obituary is to be published in 1885, a year after his death in 1884. The other obituary is to be published in 1901, a year after his work was discovered. Each obituary should reflect what was known about Mendel’s work at the time the obituary was published. The first part of the second obituary may be similar to that written in 1885.
If you use information outside of lecture notes, that information must be cited in a format used by the journal Genetics, which is published by the Genetics Society of America. Please refer to this web site and scroll to “References” for specific information on citation: http://www.genetics.org/content/prep-manuscript#references
You should address the following. You can determine which obituary should contain which information.
A summary of Mendel’s life.
What was the connection between becoming a priest and studying math and science?
What were the thoughts/beliefs about genetics at the time Mendel did his work?
A summary of Mendel’s work
Scientists are encouraged to publish their scientific work. Did Mendel publish his work before he died?
How was Mendel’s work rediscovered? Who rediscovered it? What was the reaction to his rediscovered work?
Darwin published Origin of Species in 1859 before Mendel died. What questions did each have that the other one might have answered?
Note: I am not providing a rubric. However, when I grade your essays, I will be looking for the above information.
Some good Internet sources to get you started:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/Gregor-Mendel-A-Private-Scientist-6618227
https://www.dnalc.org/view/16167-Biography-2-Gregor-Mendel-1822-1884-.html
https://history.nih.gov/exhibits/nirenberg/HS1_mendel.htm
http://www.mendelweb.org/Mendel.html
http://www.esp.org/timeline/
You are also encouraged to do an appropriate search on PubMed.
An example of an obituary written for the American Society of Human Genetics can be found at http://www.ashg.org/pdf/obit/JR-1-s2.0-S0002929714002286-main.pdf
Each obituary should be one-two pages, single-spaced, 1 inch margins, Times New Roman font, 12 point font.