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ArticlePloS one2023

The chaos law is a principal driver of natural selection: A proposition on the evolution of recently emerged coronaviruses.

Pier Francesco Roggero, Arianna Calistri, Giorgio Palù

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pier Francesco RoggeroDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via A. Gabelli, Padua, Italy.
Arianna CalistriDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via A. Gabelli, Padua, Italy.
Giorgio PalùDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, via A. Gabelli, Padua, Italy.
University of Padua · ITItalian Medicines Agency · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we propose that viruses emerging in the human population undergo an evolution that is conditioned by the rules of chaos. Our data support the notion that the initial growth rate "r" affects the chances of the virus to establish a long-lasting relationship with the new host. Indeed, an emerging virus is able to spread and adapt only when it displays an initial r falling in a range frankly associated with chaotic growth.

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CoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsSelection, GeneticHumans

Identifiers

PMID37616261
PMCPMC10449193
OpenAlexW4386127663

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