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Anne Ferguson-Smith Wikibiography[edit]

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Duncan.Hull (talk) 21:16, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing edits made 29th August 2017[edit]

Hello @Christine-Alexandra-Alexander: and @131.111.185.81:, thanks for your contributions to this article. Some edits removed previous work, so I have corrected them. I have also:

fixed citations broken or deleted by previous edits (e.g. her PhD thesis)
added links to Frank Ruddle and Azim Surani
fixed the usage of Template:URL in the infobox
corrected the usage of Template:Plainlist in the infobox
moved references inline as per WP:CITE and maintain a consistent referencing style within in the article

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Ongoing edits to this page[edit]

Hi everyone. I have made some changes to the main text as requested by Anne Ferguson-Smith herself. They should not be contentious. Please do not reverse them again. I have also reversed the recent inclusion in American and Scottish science groups, again at the request of A F-S herself. Additionally, I have been asked to correct and even remove some of the references, because they are not representative of Prof F-S work. Please allow me to do this at a later date. Christine-Alexandra-Alexander (talk) 07:53, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]