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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Patterns and Puzzles of Genetic Diversity of Endangered Freshwater Mussel

Adrianna Kilikowska, Monika Mioduchowska, Anna Wysocka, Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba, Joanna Rychlińska, Katarzyna Zając, Tadeusz Zając, Povilas Ivinskis, Jerzy Sell

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adrianna KilikowskaDepartment of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
Monika MioduchowskaDepartment of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
Anna WysockaDepartment of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-ZiembaDepartment of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9186-4223
Joanna RychlińskaDepartment of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
Katarzyna ZającInstitute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-120 Kraków, Poland.
Tadeusz ZającInstitute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-120 Kraków, Poland.
Povilas IvinskisNature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Jerzy SellDepartment of Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
University of Gdańsk · PLInstitute of Nature Conservation · PLNature Research Centre · LT

Funding

Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego N N304 363638Unwersytet Gdański 1410-5-0376-8
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mussels of the family Unionidae are important components of freshwater ecosystems. Alarmingly, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Species identifies almost 200 unionid species as extinct, endangered, or threatened. Their decline is the result of human impact on freshwater habitats, and the decrease of host fish populations. The Thick Shelled River Mussel

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freshwater musselsgenetic diversityITSmtDNApopulation geneticsUnio crassus

Identifiers

PMID32708316
PMCPMC7400583
OpenAlexW3044436979

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