Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29875598›Full record

ReviewBreeding science2018

Recent research on the mechanism of heterosis is important for crop and vegetable breeding systems.

Ryo Fujimoto, Kosuke Uezono, Sonoko Ishikura, Kenji Osabe, W James Peacock, Elizabeth S Dennis

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Review in Breeding science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
17.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 192 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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryo FujimotoGraduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.
Kosuke UezonoGraduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.
Sonoko IshikuraGraduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.
Kenji OsabePlant Epigenetics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
W James PeacockCSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Elizabeth S DennisCSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Kobe University · JPAgriculture and Food · AUOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University · JPUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterosis or hybrid vigor is a phenomenon where hybrid progeny have superior performance compared to their parental inbred lines. This is important in the use of F

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epigeneticsheterosishybrid vigornon-additive gene expression

Identifiers

PMID29875598
PMCPMC5982191
OpenAlexW2804391106

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