Biology Literature review

Molecular Genetics Research GENE3001 2016

Guidelines for your Literature Review For this assessment task you will prepare a short review of the literature on “The structure and function of the MHC class I gene region in ungulates”. Your review should be a maximum of 3000 words long (this is a strict limit). It should be presented with 2.5 cm margins, with a minimum of 12-point font, and have double spaced lines. Please submit an electronic copy to Kylie via email AND an electronic copy via Turnitin on Blackboard. Please name your file with your surname and student number appended with “literature review”. The literature review is due at or before 3pm on Monday 3rd October. Late submission of this assessment will incur a 10% per day (or part thereof) deduction on your mark. Resource materials for the review must comprise mainly recent journal articles, and NO non peer- reviewed material will be accepted (e.g. Wikipedia!) Locating journal articles via web search, is of course the most efficient way to go about it, but you must then lay hands on the articles themselves - preferably in full. Abstracts are of limited value, and can be misleading. Marks will be based on content (depth, breadth, currency and quality of resources, level of understanding of the material) and also to a minor extent on presentation (layout, visual appearance). The final product must be well laid out, logically sequenced, have good continuity, and should present a well-rounded summary of current information relating to the topic. Please note that a literature review DOES NOT consist of a series of quotes taken directly from references, but should be a synthesis, condensation, and interpretation of information from various sources. Direct quotations are to be avoided unless there is an extremely good reason for using them. You are advised to select a journal relating to your topic of interest (e.g. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology), and examine a review article to gain a clearer understanding of what is expected. Referencing must be full, consistent, and must include authors' names and dates in the text, rather than numbers (i.e. the “author-date” style). A full reference list must be provided, using the Curtin Chicago 16th B referencing style (http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/chicago). You may be asked to provide your references, so don’t be tempted to reference a paper that has been quoted in another paper. All material that you reference should be material that you have read yourself. The standard required will be very high. A review article is not an easy task, and you should start your research as soon as possible. It is strongly recommended that you use EndNote or another electronic referencing system to store and cite your references (http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/endnote).

Marking guide for Literature review Content: 70% The review is a comprehensive and logical presentation of the material available in the current peer reviewed literature. Sufficient detail and evidence of critical thinking is provided for the reader to assess the arguments, rather than being a simple description/overview of the subject matter. The student has shown depth of understanding of the subject matter. References 20% Statements requiring references are referenced appropriately. In text reference format is correct.

Reference list complies with an accepted or acceptable format. Reference list is complete and uniform and consistent in presentation Presentation 10% Formatting - margins, tables and figures are clearly presented, adequately labelled, have the source referenced and are referred to in the text. There is a logical order in the presentation of the various topics. There is a table of contents with a hierarchical structure. Note that a separate ToC for figures and tables is not required.