BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Results vs Conclusions
Fall 2013 

In each case below, consider the phrase or sentence and decide whether it is:
O: an observation or result
C: a conclusion
RO: a report of someone else's observation
RC: a report of someone else's conclusion
X: something else

To record your opinion about a given line:
  • Go to CyanoBIKE (From Resources and Links of course web page
  • Log in as yourself and register
  • Once you get to the green screen, bring down DEFINE from the DEFINITION menu
  • Type the line number (example A0) in the var box and press TAB
  • Type the symbol in the var box, preceded by a single quote (example 'X), and press TAB
  • Execute the function by double-clicking DEFINE

A. Mary Had a Little Lamb

First two stanzas:
A1. Mary had a little lamb,
A2. whose fleece was white as snow.
A3. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
 
A4. It followed her to school one day
A5. which was against the rules.
A6. It made the children laugh and play, to see a lamb at school.

B. Winter et al (1987)

Winter RB, Morrissey L, Gauss P, Gold L, Hsu T, Karam J (1987).
Bacteriophage T4 regA protein binds to mRNAs and prevents translation initiation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84:7822-7826.

First paragraph of Results section:

B1. Sentence 1, beginning Previous studies (24-27)...
B2. Sentence 2, beginning Additional regA-regulated T4 genes...
B3. Sentence 3, beginning To identify the...
B4. Sentence 4, beginning Fig. 1 shows...
B5. Sentence 5, beginning In one T4 genetic cluster...
B6. Sentence 6, beginning T4 genes rpbA and 45...
B7. Sentence 7, beginning Other work has shown...
B8. Sentence 8, beginning Thus, the gene cluster diagrammed...