User talk:Mad Price Ball

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Go ahead, say something. -Madeleine

Image attribution

Hi Madeleine, I've used one of your images, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_replication_split.svg, for our Centers wiki, http://cphg.virginia.edu/wiki. However, I am having some problems with the licensing page in the wiki, anyway I linked back to you by name at the above link while I work out this bug. Not a bug really, just a new wiki site and I'm still figuring out all of the details. Thanks, Richard (talk) 22:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fred Neufeld

Hi Madeleine. I just wrote a wiki article on Fred Neufeld. Do you think an inkscape of pneumococcal typing would help?

Schmausschmaus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmausschmaus (talk • contribs) 17:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for input on 'Homologous recombination'

Hi there. I notice you wrote the initial version of the article on homologous recombination, and I'd like to get your feedback on the current state of the article. The article's expanded almost ten-fold since your last edit, with new information on different pathways for HR, effects of its dysfunction, and other general reworking. If you have the time and inclination, could you read the article through for accuracy and completeness? I've submitted it to peer review, so if you get to reading the article before the review closes, please leave comments there. Otherwise, please leave any comments on the discussion page. Thank you! Emw2012 (talk) 20:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to Genetics

Lots of discussion about problems with that entry but it still seems problematic. As an interested layman and technical editor, I see serious needs for rewriting the first section: green eyes are not a good example because that trait depends on more than one gene. So why present it as a basic example and then "contrast" it with more complex situations that have multiple genes? Confusing.

Also the definitions of DNA and Nucleotide in the small boxes overlap too much, creating the impression that nucleotides are more important and the helix itself is less important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Martindo (talk • contribs) 22:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Genetics edit

Hi Madeleine! I understand your reservations re my edits to the Genetics article; specifically, that they're introducing some redundancy, since ploidy and locus are explained later in the entry. Though while reading this section, I felt that it is necessary to at least mention these terms here, because the original phrase "homozygous at that gene" sounded a little clunky and inaccurate, because what is meant here is the location at which a gene resides—hence the introduction of gene locus (wikilinked along with ploidy for those readers looking for a definition) here. Feel free to rv or move my changes if you feel that they jar too much with the overall structure of the article. Malljaja (talk) 21:46, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shark GAR notice

Shark has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]