Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/DNA Structure

DNA Structure

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2011 at 13:02:37 (UTC)

Original - The molecular structure of the DNA double helix. The path of the DNA backbone is shown in orange. Detail of the two canonical base pairs, thymine-adenosine (linked by two hydrogen bonds) and cytosine-guanine (three hydrogen bonds), is shown on the right.

Reason

Clear representation of the structure of the DNA double helix including several key features relevant for biology; elemental content, base pairing scheme and position of the minor and major grooves.

Articles in which this image appears

DNA

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology

Creator

Zephyris

• Support as nominator --- Zephyris _Talk 13:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support :P Aaadddaaammm (talk) 15:32, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

awww For reference, see previous nomination [1]. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 16:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Support as I promised last time. Chick Bowen 20:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
  • I support either. I wonder if there's an in-between: a line with some transparency. But we've already demanded enough work from Zephyris. Chick Bowen 03:00, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support. Iamthedeus (talk) 22:36, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
• I think given the level of realism this is trying to go for, the orange spirals are slightly misleading. Support anyways. Nergaal (talk) 01:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support I think the orange helices are important for getting the eye to work out what the 3D structure is - I would struggle without it anyway. Time3000 (talk) 08:54, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
• Neutral. I really want to support, but I agree with Nergaal. I feel that if we're showing the molecular stuff, the orange spirals should be removed. Spencer^T♦C 17:20, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• I have actually already made a version of this without the orange backbone, although it is currently on a computer in a different city! I was planning on uploading it at some point... - Zephyris _Talk 16:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• I'd be willing to support that. I mean, this version isn't bad enough for me to oppose, it's just that I find that if we're looking to be as realistic as possible, the nominated version has this one flaw. Spencer^T♦C 20:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Alt - Without orange backbone

• This is the no backbone alt. - Zephyris _Talk 23:06, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

• Support alt. Spencer^T♦C 22:09, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

• Support alt only The orange line is pointless and misleading. Razum2010 (talk) 18:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support either, I don't think the orange line is especially misleading, at least no more so than portraying elements as coloured circles is. I'm happy with either though. Cowtowner (talk) 17:18, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Apologies for not noticing that voting had ended. Consider the above a comment. Cowtowner (talk) 17:19, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
• Another post-voting comment. I haven't looked at this closely enough to vote anyway, but if it's going to be promoted I definitely prefer the version without the orange line. --jjron (talk) 10:14, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Promoted File:DNA Structure+Key+Labelled.pn NoBB.png --Jujutacular ^talk 00:01, 2 May 2011 (UTC)