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ArticleFunctional ecology2017

Early-life immune activation increases song complexity and alters phenotypic associations between sexual ornaments.

Loren Merrill, Madeleine F Naylor, Merria Dalimonte, Sean McLaughlin, Tara E Stewart, Jennifer L Grindstaff

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Article in Functional ecology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Loren MerrillIllinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Madeleine F NaylorDepartment of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
Merria DalimonteDepartment of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
Sean McLaughlinDepartment of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
Tara E StewartProgram in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Jennifer L GrindstaffDepartment of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
Oklahoma State University · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

The Role of the Maternal and Developmental Environments in Adult PhenotypeR15HD066378 · NICHD · OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STILLWATER · PI GRINDSTAFF, JENNIFER · 2010 to 2010
$340k
NICHD NIH HHS R15 HD066378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early-life adversity can have long-lasting effects on physiological, behavioural, cognitive, and somatic processes. Consequently, these effects may alter an organism's life-history strategy and reproductive tactics.In response to early-life immune activation, we quantified levels of the acute phase protein haptoglobin (Hp) during development in male zebra finches (

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PMID29398763
PMCPMC5792086
OpenAlexW2622825834

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