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ArticleWellcome open research2019

Evolutionary analysis of the most polymorphic gene family in

Thomas D Otto, Sammy A Assefa, Ulrike Böhme, Mandy J Sanders, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Pf3k consortium, Matt Berriman, Chris Newbold

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
10.4field-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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 109 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Thomas D OttoParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1246-7404
Sammy A AssefaParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Ulrike BöhmeParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0248-5924
Mandy J SandersParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Dominic KwiatkowskiParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Pf3k consortium
Matt BerrimanParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-0377
Chris NewboldParasite Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9274-3789
University of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M006212/1Wellcome Trust 204911/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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evolutionPlasmodiumvar

Identifiers

PMID32055709
PMCPMC7001760
OpenAlexW2993309155

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