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ArticleNature ecology & evolution2017

Positive selection inhibits gene mobilisation and transfer in soil bacterial communities.

James P J Hall, David Williams, Steve Paterson, Ellie Harrison, Michael A Brockhurst

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Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

James P J HallDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. j.p.hall@sheffield.ac.uk.
David WilliamsInstitute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
Steve PatersonInstitute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1307-2981
Ellie HarrisonDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
Michael A BrockhurstDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. m.brockhurst@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0362-820X

Funding

European Research Council 311490Medical Research Council G0900753Medical Research Council MR/K002279/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID28890938
PMCPMC5584672

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