Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29302007›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2018

Rapid genome shrinkage in a self-fertile nematode reveals sperm competition proteins.

Da Yin, Erich M Schwarz, Cristel G Thomas, Rebecca L Felde, Ian F Korf, Asher D Cutter, Caitlin M Schartner, Edward J Ralston, Barbara J Meyer, Eric S Haag

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
13.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Da YinDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5336-2772
Erich M SchwarzDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. ems394@cornell.edu ehaag@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3151-4381
Cristel G ThomasDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8310-9666
Rebecca L FeldeDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Ian F KorfDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5259-6182
Asher D CutterDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7141-0013
Caitlin M SchartnerHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2370-8880
Edward J RalstonHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Barbara J MeyerHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6530-4588
Eric S HaagDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. ems394@cornell.edu ehaag@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6102-3498
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of Toronto · CACornell University · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
NEMATODE SEX DETERMINATIONR01GM030702 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MEYER, BARBARA J · 1985 to 2018
$6.1M
NEMATODE SEX DETERMINATIONR37GM030702 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MEYER, BARBARA J · 1995 to 2004
$2.0M
Comparative Genetic Analysis of Hermaphroditism in CaenorhabditisR01GM079414 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI HAAG, ERIC · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
Genome Sequencer FLXS10RR029668 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NGAI, JOHN J. · 2010 to 2010
$623k
Harnessing Transcriptomics to Identify and Test Novel Hookworm Vaccine TargetsR21AI111173 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI AROIAN, RAFFI V · 2015 to 2016
$462k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029668NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI111173NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM030702NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079414NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM030702NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To reveal impacts of sexual mode on genome content, we compared chromosome-scale assemblies of the outcrossing nematode

Indexed as

AnimalsCaenorhabditisExonsGenome, HelminthGlycoproteinsHelminth ProteinsHermaphroditic OrganismsINDEL MutationIntronsMalePhylogenyProteomeSelf-FertilizationSpermatozoaGlycoproteinsHelminth ProteinsProteome

Identifiers

PMID29302007
PMCPMC5789457
OpenAlexW2782014230

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