Effectively navigating and understanding primary literature is an important step in your journey as a scientist. Primary literature is where scientists share their work with other scientists and contribute new findings to their field. What makes primary literature different from other sources, like magazines or news web sites, is that it is peer reviewed, which means that other scientists review the paper before it is published. Do the following:

a. Identity why the research is important
b. Describe how the research relates to the biology you're learning in your course.
c. Analyze results from experiments described in the paper.
d. Summarize how the findings of this research advance the field.