Talk:DNA microarray: Difference between revisions

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I think that the people who've written about this (here on Wikipedia and elsewhere) know too much about the subject, and don't know how to introduce it to an audience who know nothing about it. I think the page should start with a much more basic explanation of what's being discussed. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/74.104.100.218|74.104.100.218]] ([[User talk:74.104.100.218#top|talk]]) 20:53, 30 August 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

I agree with this. It's a comprehensive article, but very difficult to get into for the beginner.

Would it be OK to rewrite the introduction using some assumptions/simplifications? Like, for example, I think it would help if the introduction just mentioned that DNA microarray can measure SNPs and gene expression, define what that is, and then briefly mention that other types exists. Because right now it's written in such a comprehensive way, keeping open to all the many different types of microarray (tilling, microRNA, etc). But that makes it hard to read. And really gene expression and SNP genotyping, is by far the largest applications by count of samples (and I'd even argue SNP genotyping alone would be the most important, given gwas+DTC industry) [[User:Yinwang888|Yinwang888]] ([[User talk:Yinwang888|talk]]) 05:32, 11 February 2020 (UTC)