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| Title |
Closing the circle of germline and stem cells: the Primordial Stem Cell hypothesis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
EvoDevo, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2041-9139-4-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jordi Solana |
| Abstract |
Germline determination is believed to occur by either preformation or epigenesis. Animals that undergo germ cell specification by preformation have a continuous germline. However, animals with germline determination by epigenesis have a discontinuous germline, with somatic cells intercalated. This vision is contrary to August Weismann's Germ Plasm Theory and has led to several controversies. Recent data from metazoans as diverse as planarians, annelids and sea urchins reveal the presence of pluripotent stem cell populations that express germ plasm components, despite being considered to be somatic. These data also show that germ plasm is continuous in some of these animals, despite their discontinuous germline. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 175 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Norway | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 162 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 25% |
| Researcher | 40 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 13% |
| Unknown | 29 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 77 | 44% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 57 | 33% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 2% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 1% |
| Philosophy | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unknown | 30 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. 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 28 December 2018.
All research outputs
#6,372,943
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from EvoDevo
#148
of 332 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#62,242
of 290,136 outputs
Outputs of similar age from EvoDevo
#5
of 8 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 332 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 54% of its peers.
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