Genetic analysis paper quiz

How would you cite this paper?

• C 2014 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution

  License

• Genetic analysis of hair samples

  attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other

  anomalous primates (2014)

• Sykes BC, Mullis RA,

  Hagenmuller C, Melton TW, Sartori M. 2014

  Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to

  yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates.

  Proc. R. Soc. B 281: 20140161.

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0161

• Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Which symbol indicates open access?

• 
• 

Complete the sentence: The lead researcher is at the University of _______.

On which page is the abstract?

• Page 1

• Page 2

• Page 3

• Page 4

What do these numbers mean?

• Harvard in-text citations

• Footnotes

• Data

• Vancouver style numbered referencing

In which section would you find how many samples were analysed in the study?

• Introduction

• Material and methods

• Results and Discussion

• References

According to the data in table 1, which country had the most samples misattributed to bigfoot?

• India

• Bhutan

• Russia

• USA

Did the study find any evidence to support the existence of anomalous primates?

• Yes

• No

What recommendations do the authors make in their conclusion?

• Researchers should use the techniques described in this article to analyse evidence for anomalous primates

• Supporters of the existence of anomalous primates should reject science

• Primate samples do not need rigorous analysis

• Scientists should be more flexible in their use of evidence to support their theories

Do you believe there is a bigfoot in the wild?

• Yes! I saw it on TV so it must be true

• No - that's just a story for kids

• I'll assess the evidence and then decide