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ArticleRoyal Society open science2017

Mixing of porpoise ecotypes in southwestern UK waters revealed by genetic profiling.

Michaël C Fontaine, Oliver Thatcher, Nicolas Ray, Sylvain Piry, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas J Davison, Paul Jepson, Rob Deaville, Simon J Goodman

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 61 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Michaël C FontaineGroningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, PO Box 11103 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands; School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1156-4154
Oliver ThatcherInstitute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
Nicolas RayEnviroSPACE Laboratory, Institute for Environmental Sciences , University of Geneva , Carouge , Switzerland.
Sylvain PiryINRA, UMR CBGP, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex , France.
Andrew BrownlowScottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme , SRUC Veterinary Services , Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ , UK.
Nicholas J DavisonScottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, SRUC Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness IV2 4JZ, UK; Animal and Plant Health Agency, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9AD, UK.
Paul JepsonInstitute of Zoology , Zoological Society of London , London NW1 4RY , UK.
Rob DeavilleInstitute of Zoology , Zoological Society of London , London NW1 4RY , UK.
Simon J GoodmanSchool of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK.
Zoological Society of London · GBUniversity of Leeds · GBAgropolis International · FRAnimal and Plant Health Agency · GBUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contact zones between ecotypes are windows for understanding how species may react to climate changes. Here, we analysed the fine-scale genetic and morphological variation in harbour porpoises (

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admixtureclimate changecontinuous populationdispersalecotype specializationmolecular ecology

Identifiers

PMID28405389
PMCPMC5383846
OpenAlexW2306626241

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