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ArticleGenetics2018

Sexual Dimorphism and Sex Differences in

Maureen M Barr, L Rene García, Douglas S Portman

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Article in Genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maureen M BarrDepartment of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8082.
L Rene GarcíaDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3258.
Douglas S PortmanDepartment of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, New York 14642 douglas.portman@rochester.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2686-8839

Funding

Polycystins, cilia, and extracellular vesicles in C. elegansR01DK059418 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Maureen M Barr · 2001 to 2026
$9.9M
Nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies and ciliary specializationR01DK116606 · NIDDK · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI Maureen M Barr · 2018 to 2026
$3.7M
Neurogenetic mechanisms of sensory circuit plasticityR01GM130136 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI PORTMAN, DOUGLAS S · 2018 to 2021
$1.2M
Genetic and Hormonal Mechanisms of Sex Differences in the Nervous SystemR01GM108885 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI PORTMAN, DOUGLAS S · 2014 to 2017
$1.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK059418NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116606NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108885NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As fundamental features of nearly all animal species, sexual dimorphisms and sex differences have particular relevance for the development and function of the nervous system. The unique advantages of the nematode

Indexed as

NeurogenesisSex CharacteristicsSexual Behavior, AnimalAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCell DifferentiationCell LineageNeuronsOrganogenesisSexual DevelopmentbehaviorCaenorhabditis elegansciliadevelopmentneurobiologysex differencessexual dimorphismWormBook

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PMID29487147
PMCPMC5844341

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