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ArticleDose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society

Hormetic Effects of Early Juvenile Radiation Exposure on Adult Reproduction and Offspring Performance in the Cricket (

Alexander M Shephard, Vadim Aksenov, Jonathan Tran, Connor J Nelson, Douglas R Boreham, C David Rollo

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Article in Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexander M ShephardDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6926-1773
Vadim AksenovDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan TranDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Connor J NelsonDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Douglas R BorehamDivision of Medical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
C David RolloDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
McMaster University · CALaurentian University · CAUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation can have positive impacts on biological performance-a concept known as hormesis. Although radiation hormesis is well-documented, the predominant focus has been medical. In comparison, little research has examined potential effects of early life radiation stress on organismal investment in life history traits that closely influence evolutionary fitness (eg, patterns of growth, survival, and reproduction). Evaluating the fitness consequences of radiation stress is important, given that low-level radiation pollution from anthropogenic sources is considered a major threat to natural ecosystems. Using the cricket (

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Acheta domesticusdevelopmentearly life stresshormesisionizing radiationreproduction

Identifiers

PMID30210269
PMCPMC6130088
OpenAlexW2891063789

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Registered trials

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