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ReviewGenes2021

Prospects in Connecting Genetic Variation to Variation in Fertility in Male Bees.

Garett P Slater, Nicholas M A Smith, Brock A Harpur

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Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Garett P SlaterDepartment of Entomology, Purdue University, 901 W State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Nicholas M A SmithSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
Brock A HarpurDepartment of Entomology, Purdue University, 901 W State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8722-272X
Purdue University West Lafayette · USThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bees are economically and ecologically important pollinating species. Managed and native bee species face increasing pressures from human-created stressors such as habitat loss, pesticide use, and introduced pathogens. There has been increasing attention towards how each of these factors impacts fertility, especially sperm production and maintenance in males. Here, we turn our attention towards another important factor impacting phenotypic variation: genetics. Using honey bees as a model, we explore the current understanding of how genetic variation within and between populations contributes to variation in sperm production, sperm maintenance, and insemination success among males. We conclude with perspectives and future directions in the study of male fertility in honey bees and non-

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Genetic VariationAnimalsBeesFertilityMalePesticidesPollinationPesticideshoney beemale fertilityspermatogenesis

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PMID34440424
PMCPMC8392204
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Registered trials

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