Thank you for the information that you have provided to me. It is greatly appreciated. However, I am still slightly confused. The reason I need to know about how to properly cite information is because I am using some of the information found in my textbook. I obviously do not want to take credit for it or be penalized for plagiarism. I am only using it for a Discussion Board. I have not reached the research paper yet in my studies.
As an example, the prompt for the discussion board that I am working on is regarding sex-linked traits. The questions I have to answer are as follows.
What is a sex linked trait? What is the difference in inheritance between boys and girls for sex linked traits? Describe an example of a sex linked trait in humans.
I started my response with the definition of a sex linked trait and used the one I found in the book. So I would like to cite this that way my instructor knows I did not come up with this definition on my own and that it is in fact the one from the book.
A sex link trait is a characteristic or trait that is determined by a gene located on either the X or the Y chromosome.
Sylvia S. Mader
Michael Windelspecht
2015
Essentials of Biology
Fourth Edition
In this case that I would like to use in text citation, would I respond using the definition as this?
"A sex link trait is a characteristic or trait that is determined by a gene located on either the X or the Y chromosome" (Mader, Windelspecht, 2015, p.G-14).
I'm sorry for so many questions and being so confused. I just want to make sure that I do this right.