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Critical Reading Form for Meselson & Stahl – 10 points
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Purpose: In 1-2 sentences, what was the research question the authors were trying to answer and why?
Central Thesis: Using only 1-2 sentences, what was the authors’ thesis, or hypothesis?
Key Claims: What are two statements that are used to support the thesis? Conclusions or discussion.
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2.
Evidence: What evidence do the author’s use to support each of the key claims you identified?
These are results of experiments.
1.
2.
Figure Analysis (Figure 4 – Meselson & Stahl)
What is shown in part a?
What is shown in part b?
What do the numbers under the generation heading mean?
Why is the pattern different between generation 0
and generation 2.5?
Why is the pattern different between generation 0
and generation 4.1?
