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ReviewMolecular reproduction and development2011

Polar bodies--more a lack of understanding than a lack of respect.

Samuel Schmerler, Gary M Wessel

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Review in Molecular reproduction and development, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND A QUANTITATIVE MODEL OF PROGRAMMED DNA ELIMINATION INJournal of crustacean biology : a quarterly of the Crustacean Society for the publication of research on any aspect of the biology of crustacea
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  15. The spatial and mechanical challenges of female meiosis.Molecular reproduction and development
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Samuel SchmerlerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Gary M Wessel

Funding

Post-translational Regulation of Germline DeterminantsR01HD028152 · NICHD · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI WESSEL, GARY M · 1997 to 2016
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD028152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polar bodies are as diverse as the organisms that produce them. Although in many animals these cells often die following meiotic maturation of the oocyte, in other organisms they are an essential and diverse part of embryonic development. Here we highlight some of this diversity and summarize the evolutionary basis for their utility.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisFemaleHumansMeiosisOocytesZona Pellucida

Identifiers

PMID21268179
PMCPMC3164815

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