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ArticleEcology and evolution2023

Museum specimens of a landlocked pinniped reveal recent loss of genetic diversity and unexpected population connections.

Matti T Heino, Tommi Nyman, Jukka U Palo, Jenni Harmoinen, Mia Valtonen, Małgorzata Pilot, Sanni Översti, Elina Salmela, Mervi Kunnasranta, Risto Väinölä and 2 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Matti T HeinoEcology and Genetics Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3812-3543
Tommi NymanDepartment of Ecosystems in the Barents Region, Svanhovd Research Station Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research Svanvik Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-0570
Jukka U PaloDepartment of Forensic Medicine University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-7963
Jenni HarmoinenEcology and Genetics Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5402-7127
Mia ValtonenWildlife Ecology Group Natural Resources Institute Finland Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2034-2019
Małgorzata PilotSchool of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Durham University Durham UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6057-5768
Sanni ÖverstiTransmission, Infection, Diversification and Evolution Group Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Jena Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-1281
Elina SalmelaOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1326-4462
Mervi KunnasrantaUniversity of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3612-8842
Risto VäinöläFinnish Museum of Natural History University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0056-5741
A Rus HoelzelDepartment of Biosciences Durham University Durham UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-4180
Jouni AspiEcology and Genetics Research Unit University of Oulu Oulu Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-3201
University of Helsinki · FIDurham University · GBNatural Resources Institute Finland · FINorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research · NOUniversity of Eastern Finland · FIUniversity of Oulu · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Saimaa ringed seal (

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freshwater pinnipedgenetic diversitygenetic driftmitochondrial DNAmuseum specimensSaimaa ringed seal

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PMID36699566
PMCPMC9849707
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