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ArticleeLife2016

Phenotypic plasticity as an adaptation to a functional trade-off.

Xiao Yi, Antony M Dean

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao YiDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4025-856X
Antony M DeanDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9546-7679
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the evolution of a phenotypically plastic behavior that circumvents the hardwired trade-off that exists when resources are partitioned between growth and motility in

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalChemotaxisPhenotypeEscherichia coliSigma FactorSigma Factorsporulation-specific sigma factorsadaptive landscapeE. colievolutionary biologygenomicsphenotypic plasticitytrade-off

Identifiers

PMID27692064
PMCPMC5072838
OpenAlexW2527870842

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