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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018

Behavioural changes controlled by catecholaminergic systems explain recurrent loss of pigmentation in cavefish.

Helena Bilandžija, Lindsey Abraham, Li Ma, Kenneth J Renner, William R Jeffery

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Genetic bias in repeated evolution of pigment loss in cave populations of the Asellus aquaticus species complex.Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution · 2024
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Helena BilandžijaDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Lindsey AbrahamDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Li MaDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Kenneth J RennerDepartment of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA.
William R JefferyDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA jeffery@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6997-2946
University of Maryland, College Park · USRuđer Bošković Institute · HRUniversity of South Dakota · US

Funding

Molecular Genetic Analysis of Sclera Development and DegenerationR01EY024941 · NEI · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI JEFFERY, WILLIAM R · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024941
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple cave populations of the teleost

Indexed as

Activity CyclesPigmentationAlbinism, OculocutaneousAnesthesiaAnestheticsAnimalsBiological EvolutionCatecholaminesCharacidaeFish ProteinsNorepinephrineTyrosineAnestheticsCatecholaminesFish ProteinsNorepinephrineTyrosineanaesthesia resistanceAstyanax mexicanus cavefishloss and reduction of pigmentationmelanin–catecholamine trade-offnorepinephrinepleiotropy

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PMID29720416
PMCPMC5966602
OpenAlexW2802197651

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