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ArticlePLoS biology2018

Strength in numbers: Collaborative science for new experimental model systems.

Ross F Waller, Phillip A Cleves, Maria Rubio-Brotons, April Woods, Sara J Bender, Virginia Edgcomb, Eric R Gann, Adam C Jones, Leonid Teytelman, Peter von Dassow and 2 more

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Article in PLoS biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Ross F WallerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6961-9344
Phillip A ClevesDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America.
Maria Rubio-BrotonsInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
April WoodsEnvironmental Biotechnology Lab, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, California, United States of America.
Sara J BenderGordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, California, United States of America.
Virginia EdgcombDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Eric R GannDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.
Adam C JonesGordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, California, United States of America.
Leonid Teytelmanprotocols.io, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Peter von DassowFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Steven W WilhelmDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.
Jackie L CollierSchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our current understanding of biology is heavily based on a small number of genetically tractable model organisms. Most eukaryotic phyla lack such experimental models, and this limits our ability to explore the molecular mechanisms that ultimately define their biology, ecology, and diversity. In particular, marine protists suffer from a paucity of model organisms despite playing critical roles in global nutrient cycles, food webs, and climate. To address this deficit, an initiative was launched in 2015 to foster the development of ecologically and taxonomically diverse marine protist genetic models. The development of new models faces many barriers, some technical and others institutional, and this often discourages the risky, long-term effort that may be required. To lower these barriers and tackle the complexity of this effort, a highly collaborative community-based approach was taken. Herein, we describe this approach, the advances achieved, and the lessons learned by participants in this novel community-based model for research.

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Cooperative BehaviorModels, TheoreticalAquatic OrganismsEukaryotaPhylogenyTransformation, Genetic

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PMID29965960
PMCPMC6044537

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