Three Sources for Writing Analysis Paper

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: New Animal Models
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289668/pdf/nihms-628892.pdf

This is a published research article co-authored by Kevin and my research professor, Dr. Daniel Eberl. This article compares and contrasts the hearing characteristics of Drosophila and C. elegans and offers ways to use these organisms to represent noise induced hearing loss in humans. I know Kevin has written the introduction and the section about C. elegans and Dan wrote the Drosophila section. This way, I can compare the writing styles of both researchers to show the homogeneity of writing in STEM fields.

A fly's hearing
https://now.uiowa.edu/2013/09/flys-hearing

This is a nonacademic news article run by Iowa Now five years ago. Here the reporters interview Kevin and Dan about their recent article "Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: New Animal Models". As you read the article, you will see the writers condense the research article into a piece that is easily digestible with people who are not professionals in the field. The article includes the thoughts of Dan and Kevin also.  I hope to compare this news article to the research article so we can see the difference in how the results are portrayed and how Kevin and Dan respond to questions and how they interpret their data in layman's terms.

Phonotaxis to male’s calls embedded within a chorus by female gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00359-010-0544-2.pdf

This as well is a published research article made by Kevin early into his research career. Here Kevin describes how female frogs are able to distinguish male frogs while the males sing in a chorus. This article will help show how Kevin's writing and experience in the biology field grows from this earlier article to his later ones.

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