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ArticleNature2019

Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly.

Marianthi Karageorgi, Simon C Groen, Fidan Sumbul, Julianne N Pelaez, Kirsten I Verster, Jessica M Aguilar, Amy P Hastings, Susan L Bernstein, Teruyuki Matsunaga, Michael Astourian and 5 more

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
89citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 204 citations in OpenAlex.

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29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Marianthi Karageorgi *Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Simon C Groen *Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Fidan SumbulLAI, U1067 Aix-Marseille Université, Inserm, CNRS, Marseille, France.
Julianne N PelaezDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Kirsten I VersterDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jessica M AguilarDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Amy P HastingsDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Susan L BernsteinDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Teruyuki MatsunagaDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Michael AstourianDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Geno GuerraDepartment of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Felix RicoLAI, U1067 Aix-Marseille Université, Inserm, CNRS, Marseille, France.
Susanne DoblerMolecular Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Biocenter Grindel, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Anurag A AgrawalDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Noah K WhitemanDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. whiteman@berkeley.edu.
University of California, Berkeley · USCornell University · USAix-Marseille Université · FRInserm · FRUniversität Hamburg · DE

Funding

Genetic Dissection of Cells and Organisms Training ProgramT32GM132022 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Nicole King, NOAH K WHITEMAN · 2019 to 2026
$5.2M
Co-evolutionary Genetics of Host-Parasite InteractionsR35GM119816 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NOAH K WHITEMAN · 2016 to 2026
$4.7M
European Research CouncilNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119816NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying the genetic mechanisms of adaptation requires the elucidation of links between the evolution of DNA sequence, phenotype, and fitness

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGene EditingAnimalsButterfliesDrosophila melanogasterDrug ResistanceGenome, InsectMutationSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseToxins, BiologicalSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseToxins, Biological

Identifiers

PMID31578524
PMCPMC7039281
OpenAlexW2977549339

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