Title:
- Be precise and specific
- Use standard scientific terminology
- Avoid unnecessary descriptors
- Focus on key findings or scope
- Be concise while comprehensive
- Use proper species nomenclature
Abstract:
- More concise opening that gets to the point faster
- Clearer statement of objectives
- Specific methodology description
- Better organization: general patterns → specific examples → mechanistic insights
- Include specific results and genotype names
- Strong conclusion emphasizing practical implications
- Eliminate redundancy and wordiness
Introduction:
- Provide context and background
- Build logical argument for study necessity
- Use present tense for established knowledge
- Better sentence structure and flow
- Create compelling transitions between concepts
- End with clear study objectives and significance
- More engaging and specific about applications
- Build from broad context to specific research gaps
Results Section:
- Use past tense consistently
- Present findings objectively and factually
- Reference specific data, figures, and tables
- Avoid speculation or broader implications
- Focus on what was observed/measured
- Be direct and concise
- Use parallel structure for similar measurements
- Eliminate redundancy and "investigation" language
Discussion Section:
- Interpret and explain significance of results
- Compare findings with previous literature
- Discuss potential mechanisms and biological explanations
- Address limitations and broader implications
- Use more interpretive and analytical language
- Connect findings to practical applications
- May include appropriate speculation
- Mix past tense (for your results) with present tense (for general principles)
- Explain cause-and-effect relationships
Conclusions Section:
- Better organization with clear progression from findings → implications → future work
- Add emphasis on practical industry implications
- Use more definitive and impactful language
- Stronger connections between results and breeding applications
- More compelling future directions statements
- Should be self-contained summary of key findings and significance
Figure Legends:
- Use present tense to describe what figures show
- Be self-contained and independently understandable
- Include essential technical details (sample sizes, statistical methods, error bars)
- Explain all abbreviations, symbols, and statistical indicators
- Be concise but complete
- Follow consistent format across all figures
Include scale information when relevant
