Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37138076›Full record

ArticleNature2023

Testosterone histories from tusks reveal woolly mammoth musth episodes.

Michael D Cherney, Daniel C Fisher, Richard J Auchus, Adam N Rountrey, Perrin Selcer, Ethan A Shirley, Scott G Beld, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, Gennady G Boeskorov and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Michael D CherneyMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. mcherney@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8422-5319
Daniel C FisherMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5378-0520
Richard J AuchusMedical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Adam N RountreyMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0939-9102
Perrin SelcerProgram in the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ethan A ShirleyMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3453-4612
Scott G BeldMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Bernard BuiguesMammuthus, St Jean de Luz, France.
Dick MolNatural History Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Gennady G BoeskorovDiamond and Precious Metals Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Jean de Luz, Russian Federation.
Sergey L VartanyanLaboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Paleogeography, North-east Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Far-East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russian Federation.
Alexei N TikhonovLaboratory of Mammals, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russian Federation.
University of Michigan · USDiamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute · RUFar Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences · RUNatural History Museum Rotterdam · NLNorth-Eastern Federal University · RU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hormones in biological media reveal endocrine activity related to development, reproduction, disease and stress on different timescales

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ElephantsFossilsMammothsTestosteroneToothAnimalsDentinMaleSteroidsSteroidsTestosterone

Identifiers

PMID37138076
OpenAlexW4367849114

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