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ArticlePLoS biology2018

Invasion of the P elements: Tolerance is not futile.

Colin D Meiklejohn, Justin P Blumenstiel

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Colin D MeiklejohnSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2708-8316
Justin P BlumenstielDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6221-9292

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organisms are locked in an eternal struggle with parasitic DNA sequences that live inside their genomes and wreak havoc on their host's chromosomes as they spread through populations. To combat these parasites, host species have evolved elaborate mechanisms of resistance that suppress their activity. A new study in Drosophila indicates that, prior to the acquisition of resistance, individuals can vary in their ability to tolerate the activity of these genomic parasites, ignoring or repairing the damage they induce. This tolerance results from variation at genes involved in germline development and DNA damage checkpoints and suggests that these highly conserved cellular processes may be influenced by current and historical intragenomic parasite loads.

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DrosophilaParasitesAnimalsFemaleGerm CellsHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansImmune Tolerance

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PMID30376563
PMCPMC6207293

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