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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2012

Sex and the singular DM domain: insights into sexual regulation, evolution and plasticity.

Clinton K Matson, David Zarkower

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 182 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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182citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
21.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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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

182 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 417 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clinton K MatsonDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, 6-160 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
David Zarkower
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

DMRT1 IN MAMMALIAN SEXUAL DEVELOPMENTR01GM059152 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI BARDWELL, VIVIAN J, ZARKOWER, DAVID A. · 1999 to 2019
$8.8M
CONTROL BY TRA-1 OF SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IN C ELEGANSR01GM053099 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ZARKOWER, DAVID A. · 1996 to 2015
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053099NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most animals reproduce sexually, but the genetic and molecular mechanisms that determine the eventual sex of each embryo vary remarkably. DM domain genes, which are related to the insect gene doublesex, are integral to sexual development and its evolution in many metazoans. Recent studies of DM domain genes reveal mechanisms by which new sexual dimorphisms have evolved in invertebrates and show that one gene, Dmrt1, was central to multiple evolutionary transitions between sex-determining mechanisms in vertebrates. In addition, Dmrt1 coordinates a surprising array of distinct cell fate decisions in the mammalian gonad and even guards against transdifferentiation of male cells into female cells in the adult testis.

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Biological EvolutionSex Determination ProcessesAdultAnimalsFemaleGenitaliaGerm CellsHumansMaleTranscription FactorsDMRT1 proteinTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID22310892
PMCPMC3595575
OpenAlexW1979997225

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