Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles Course Workbook

Cohesion and Clarity

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daughters of AB, which generate about half of the hypodermis, nervous system, and pharynx, did not have extended life-spans. (From Wolkow et al., 2000)

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Sentence 2:

However,

Studies of daf-2 genetic mosaic animals showed that

animals lacking daf-2 activity

mosaic animals lacking daf-2 activity from blastomere daughters of AB,

from the entire AB cell lineage,

which generates

which generate

nearly all of the hypodermis and nervous system

about half of the hypodermis, nervous system, and pharynx,

and half of the pharynx,

have extended life-spans.

did not have extended life-spans.

Be especially careful after either…or, both…and, and not only…but also. The words or phrases that follow must be grammatically parallel:

These MHC proteins with their antigen fragments act like red flags, drawing the attention of the immune system’s T cells, which either kill cells carrying the antigens outright or orchestrate an attack by various other immune players. (From Hagmann, 2000)

These MHC proteins with their antigen fragments act like red flags,

drawing the attention of the immune system’s T cells, which either

kill cells carrying the antigens outright

or

orchestrate an attack by various other immune players.

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