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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Evolution of Reproductive Division of Labor - Lessons Learned From the Social Amoeba

Ranjani Dhakshinamoorthy, Shashi P Singh

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ranjani DhakshinamoorthyDepartment of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
Shashi P SinghCell Migration and Chemotaxis Group, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute · GBIndian Institute of Technology Madras · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The origin of multicellular life from unicellular beings is an epochal step in the evolution of eukaryotes. There are several factors influencing cell fate choices during differentiation and morphogenesis of an organism. Genetic make-up of two cells that unite and fertilize is the key factor to signal the formation of various cell-types in due course of development. Although ploidy of the cell-types determines the genetics of an individual, the role of ploidy in cell fate decisions remains unclear.

Indexed as

aggregation multicellularitycell fate choicesDictyostelium discoideumdivision multicellularityploidyreproductive division of labor

Identifiers

PMID33748102
PMCPMC7969725
OpenAlexW3134849837

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Registered trials

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