Read the article (link is below) and answer the questions thatfollows in a paper format. (Paper has to be 1-page, 11-inch font-single-spaced).

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50596700_A_long_noncoding_RNA_maintains_active_chromatin_to_coordinate_homeotic_gene_expression

Primary Paper HW assignment guidelines

Your primary paper consists of three parts:

1. In your own words, state the essential take homemessage of the paper assigned.

-Here you should briefly mention what was known about this topicbefore this paper was published

-Then state what the aim/goal/purpose of this published studywas. In other words, what did the authors set out to do?

-Also describe why this research is important (if you think itis important)/ what are the researchers hoping to contribute to theexisting knowledge.

2. State how the authors demonstrated the essentialpoint of the paper: what experiments and what methods they used toprove the point

-In this section you should link how a particularapproach/method was used to obtain a particular result and why itwould be important/relevant. For example:

-Authors used method A to get/show result B. Result B isimportant because (it supports their original hypothesis in thefollowing way/describe how/ or it provides novel findings regardingmechanism X

-Continue the bulleted list to correlate specific method withspecific result and how it supports the claims made in thepaper.

3. Discuss the strengths and significance of the paperand also the weaknesses and indicate additional lines ofinvestigation that you think would be worth pursuing that wereopened up by the paper.

-Here I want you to critique the experimental approach andauthor’s conclusions, not their writing style or format of thepaper. Also, keep in mind that these are primary research articlespublished in scientific journals, so they are intended for ascientific, not general audience. Hence the language could be a bitdense.

-I want you to be very specific here. Do notwrite general and vague statements. Instead, refer to specific datain the paper (in figure X, or table Y) and indicate any possibleflaws or limitations of the experiment.

-Propose possible future directions or follow up studies. Youcan look up papers that cited this research or follow up on thelast author’s subsequent research.

-Explain if this paper contributed anything new to the field andif it enabled better understanding of the subject.