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ArticleNature physics2021

A hydraulic instability drives the cell death decision in the nematode germline.

Nicolas T Chartier, Arghyadip Mukherjee, Julia Pfanzelter, Sebastian Fürthauer, Ben T Larson, Anatol W Fritsch, Rana Amini, Moritz Kreysing, Frank Jülicher, Stephan W Grill

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Article in Nature physics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 67 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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicolas T Chartier *Biotechnology Center, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Arghyadip Mukherjee *Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5328-6853
Julia Pfanzelter *Biotechnology Center, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8328-5421
Sebastian FürthauerCenter for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9581-5963
Ben T LarsonDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3374-3479
Anatol W FritschMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0986-7068
Rana AminiMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany.
Moritz KreysingMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7432-3871
Frank JülicherMax Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS), Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4731-9185
Stephan W GrillBiotechnology Center, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2290-5826
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics · DECenter for Systems Biology Dresden · DEMax Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems · DEFlatiron Health (United States) · USTechnische Universität Dresden · DEUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oocytes are large cells that develop into an embryo upon fertilization

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Biological physicsBiophysics

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PMID34777551
PMCPMC8548275
OpenAlexW3160353114

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