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| Title |
Giant viruses, giant chimeras: The multiple evolutionary histories of Mimivirus genes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-8-12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Moreira, Céline Brochier-Armanet |
| Abstract |
Although capable to evolve, viruses are generally considered non-living entities because they are acellular and devoid of metabolism. However, the recent publication of the genome sequence of the Mimivirus, a giant virus that parasitises amoebas, strengthened the idea that viruses should be included in the tree of life. In fact, the first phylogenetic analyses of a few Mimivirus genes that are also present in cellular lineages suggested that it could define an independent branch in the tree of life in addition to the three domains, Bacteria, Archaea and Eucarya. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 198 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 182 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 17% |
| Researcher | 34 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 11% |
| Unknown | 34 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 88 | 44% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 44 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2017.
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#2,715,890
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#718
of 3,714 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,522
of 166,852 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#6
of 47 outputs
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