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ArticleeLife2015

Peromyscus mice as a model for studying natural variation.

Nicole L Bedford, Hopi E Hoekstra

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Article in eLife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.8field-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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 258 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.

Nicole L BedfordDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5700-1774
Hopi E HoekstraDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The deer mouse (genus Peromyscus) is the most abundant mammal in North America, and it occupies almost every type of terrestrial habitat. It is not surprising therefore that the natural history of Peromyscus is among the best studied of any small mammal. For decades, the deer mouse has contributed to our understanding of population genetics, disease ecology, longevity, endocrinology and behavior. Over a century's worth of detailed descriptive studies of Peromyscus in the wild, coupled with emerging genetic and genomic techniques, have now positioned these mice as model organisms for the study of natural variation and adaptation. Recent work, combining field observations and laboratory experiments, has lead to exciting advances in a number of fields-from evolution and genetics, to physiology and neurobiology.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationGenomePhylogenyAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBiological EvolutionConservation of Natural ResourcesCrosses, GeneticEcosystemFemaleLongevityMaleModels, BiologicalNorth AmericaPeromyscusadaptationecologyevolutionmousenatural historyPeromyscusthe natural history of model organisms

Identifiers

PMID26083802
PMCPMC4470249
OpenAlexW1948554882

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