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ArticleeLife2018

Transgenerational dynamics of rDNA copy number in

Kevin L Lu, Jonathan O Nelson, George J Watase, Natalie Warsinger-Pepe, Yukiko M Yamashita

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 86 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kevin L Lu *Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2677-9537
Jonathan O Nelson *Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9831-745X
George J WataseLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8250-9027
Natalie Warsinger-PepeLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9375-8990
Yukiko M YamashitaLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5541-0216
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007863 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI COLLINS, KATHLEEN L. · 1985 to 2024
$38.3M
Career Training in Reproductive BiologyT32HD079342 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Suzanne M MOENTER · 2014 to 2026
$2.3M
Nucleolar fragmentation in Drosophila germline stem cells during agingF30AG050398 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LU, KEVIN LU · 2015 to 2017
$54k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIA NIH HHS F30 AG050398NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD079342NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rDNA loci, composed of hundreds of tandemly duplicated arrays of rRNA genes, are known to be among the most unstable genetic elements due to their repetitive nature. rDNA instability underlies aging (replicative senescence) in yeast cells, however, its contribution to the aging of multicellular organisms is poorly understood. In this study, we investigate the dynamics of rDNA loci during aging in the

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AgingGene DosageGenetic VariationAnimalsDNA, RibosomalDrosophilaGenomic InstabilityGerm CellsMaleStem CellsDNA, Ribosomalagingdevelopmental biologyD. melanogastergermlinerDNAstem cellstransgenerational inheritance

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PMID29436367
PMCPMC5811208
OpenAlexW2760826592

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