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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
- 2nd level list with bullets<br\>
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
- 1st level list with numbers
- 2nd level list with numbers
- 3rd level list with numbers
- Another 3rd level list with numbers
- Yet another 3rd level list with numbers
- 2nd level list with numbers
Definitions
:DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid
;rDNA: Robosomal DNA
: indents line
:: further indentation
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- DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid
- rDNA
- Robosomal DNA
- indents line
- further indentation
horizontal line
---- | horizontal line |