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Introduction (8/40 points):
Here you present the most relevant background from the literature and the aims of your research. This section should briefly review the major work that has been done on the main topic(s) by other researchers (citing relevant papers throughout), building up to an explanation of your aims, and justifying why past work suggests that your aims are interesting and worthwhile (don't just say you chose three scenarios!). It is often most straightforward to frame your aims as one or more questions to be answered.
Introductions. The introduction is crucial for "setting the scene". The rest of the report should FLOW logically from the Introduction through to the Discussion.
Discussion: The Discussion section carries the most weight in the marking of this report because this is where we will be able to see how carefully you have thought about the results of your project. In the discussion you discuss what your result mean and their significance.
Don't just restate the results, interpret what they mean! Do the results answer the questions you set out to test? Why are your findings interesting? You should also discuss your findings in light of other work that has been published in the literature; are your results similar to those of other studies? If not, why not? Also, were there any problems or limitations that the reader should be aware of when evaluating your results? This is also a good place to state any ideas for further research suggested by your work.
Methods: Here you report exactly what you did, but not what the results were. The methods section should be detailed enough to allow other people to replicate your work. It should include information on the study area, the rationale for choosing your study organisms, sources of data, the type of software used and the settings you used when you ran the software. You can assume that the reader knows how to use the software (no need to instruct them in detail!).
Statistical analysis will most likely not be needed, but if you do perform any statistical tests, you should include details of those in the methods. The methods section should be written in past tense and should NOT read as a recipe. For example, DO NOT regurgitate point-by-point instructions from the prac manual!