Talk:Neil Gemmell

A fact from Neil Gemmell appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that New Zealand geneticist Neil Gemmell hunted the Loch Ness Monster to show how science works?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Joofjoof (talk) 01:12, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Gemmell in 2020

... that New Zealand geneticist Neil Gemmell (pictured) hunted the Loch Ness Monster to show how science works? Source: "The main driver of the project was to show how the science process worked." source

Reviewed: Trees For Life (Australia)
Comment: Scientifically, his work on sequencing of the tuatara genome is much more notable but it's very geeky, whereas hunting Nessie would have a much broader appeal (which is why he embarked on that exercise in the first place, I presume).

Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The image is suitably licensed, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]