example2.md

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Manuscript Starting Point	This example is based on the PLOS blog post titled *[A Brief Guide To Writing Your First Scientific Manuscript](https://blogs.plos.org/scicomm/2018/03/07/a-brief-guide-to-writing-your-first-scientific-manuscript/)*. Basic sections are setup with a brief description/questions, and your goal is to create an outline for each one as a starting point for your own manuscript. This is just part of the process described in the article, so check it out for the rest.	First Name Second Name Third Name	./res/bib/bibliography.bib	./res/csl/ecology.csl	true	article	12pt	margin=1.0in	\usepackage{times} \usepackage[mathlines,displaymath]{lineno} \linenumbers	blue	pdf_document toc number_sections

Introduction

"What did you study, and why is it important? What is your hypothesis/research question?"

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Methods

"What techniques did you use? Each technique should be its own bullet, with sub-bullets for key details. If you used animal or human subjects, include a bullet on ethics approval. Important methodologies and materials, i.e., blinding for subjective analyses, full names of cell lines/strains/reagents and your commercial/academic sources for them."

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Results

"What were your findings? Each major finding should be its own bullet, with sub-bullets going into more detail for each major finding. These bullets should refer to your figures."

Discussion

"Summarize your findings in the context of prior work. Discuss possible interpretations. It is important to include a bullet describing the limitations of the presented work. Mention possible future directions."