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John Sulston, a Common card
Sir John Edward Sulston was a British biologist and academic who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the cell lineage and genome of the worm Caenorhabditis elegans in 2002 with his colleagues Sydney Brenner and Robert Horvitz at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,800
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
John Sulston quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Sulston card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a leader in human genome research and Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the ______ of Manchester.
Answer
University. He was a leader in human genome research and Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester. From the John Sulston article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Paavo Väyrynen. Paavo Väyrynen 73 · John Sulston 69 · Ian Martin 66 · Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a leader in human genome research and Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester.
- Sulston was in favour of science in the public interest, such as free public access of scientific information and against the patenting of genes and the privatisation of genetic technologies.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Sulston article was read about 6,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get John Sulston
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Sulston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Arienette22, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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