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ArticleEvolution letters2023

Damaraland mole-rats do not rely on helpers for reproduction or survival.

Jack Thorley, Hanna M Bensch, Kyle Finn, Tim Clutton-Brock, Markus Zöttl

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Article in Evolution letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
15.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jack ThorleyDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8426-610X
Hanna M BenschKalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8449-9843
Kyle FinnKalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3119-9510
Tim Clutton-BrockDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8110-8969
Markus ZöttlKalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5582-2306
Linnaeus University · SEUniversity of Cambridge · GBKalahari Meerkat Project · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eusocial invertebrates and obligate cooperative breeders, successful reproduction is dependent on assistance from non-breeding group members. Although naked (

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Identifiers

PMID37475748
PMCPMC10355180
OpenAlexW4378715329

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