Adelphi University Epigenetics Essay

The main objectives of these assignments are to: 1) encourage you to read papers and grasp

information from outside the textbook, 2) improve your critical thinking and 3) incrementally

improve your written and verbal communication styles of what you learn.

Each summary should have the following five sections:

1. Introduction: State the essential take home message of the assigned paper and what it

is all about. Do not simply restate the abstract.

2. Key points: Describe the main points in the paper

3. Methods/Experiments: Discuss the experiments or methods used to prove these points

(if applicable)

4. Strengths/Weaknesses: Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the paper. Indicate

additional points of investigation that you think should be pursued and were not

addressed in the paper

5. Conclusion