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Basic Formatting

''italicized text''	2 single quotes
'''bold text'''	3 single quotes
''''bold text in single quotes''''	'4 single quotes'
'''''bold italicized text'''''	5 single quotes
'''''bold italicized text in single quotes'''''	'6 single quotes'
<br>	new line
empty line	Paragraph
~~~~	Insert username and date

Start line with a space to avoid reformatting
<nowiki> text w/o wikification </nowiki> in box
<pre> block of text w/o wikification </pre> in box

Headings

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Subsubsection ====

Lists

Bulleted

* 1st level bulleted list<br\> ** 2nd level bulleted list<br\> *** 3rd level bulleted list

• 1st level list with bullets<br\>
  • 2nd level list with bullets<br\>
    • 3rd level list with bullets

Numbered

# 1st level numbered list<br\> ## 2nd level numbered list<br\> ### 3rd level numbered list<br\> ### Another 3rd level numbered list<br\> ### Yet another 3rd level numbered list

1. 1st level list with numbers
   1. 2nd level list with numbers
      1. 3rd level list with numbers
      2. Another 3rd level list with numbers
      3. Yet another 3rd level list with numbers

Definitions

:DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid
;rDNA: Robosomal DNA

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DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid

rDNA

Robosomal DNA

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further indentation

horizontal line

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