Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29765684›Full record

ArticleRoyal Society open science2018

Clawed forelimbs allow northern seals to eat like their ancient ancestors.

David P Hocking, Felix G Marx, Renae Sattler, Robert N Harris, Tahlia I Pollock, Karina J Sorrell, Erich M G Fitzgerald, Matthew R McCurry, Alistair R Evans

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

David P HockingSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6848-1208
Felix G MarxSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1029-4001
Renae SattlerAlaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK, USA.
Robert N HarrisSea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Tahlia I PollockSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Karina J SorrellSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Erich M G FitzgeraldGeosciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Matthew R McCurryAustralian Museum Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Alistair R EvansSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4078-4693
Monash University · AUMuseums Victoria · AUAlaska SeaLife Center · USAustralian Museum · AUInstitute of Natural Sciences · BESmithsonian Institution · USUniversity of St Andrews · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streamlined flippers are often considered the defining feature of seals and sea lions, whose very name 'pinniped' comes from the Latin

Indexed as

clawsevolutionfeeding behaviourforelimb anatomymarine mammalspinnipeds

Identifiers

PMID29765684
PMCPMC5936949
OpenAlexW2801991849

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Registered trials

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