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| Title |
A new social gene in Dictyostelium discoideum, chtB
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-13-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lorenzo A Santorelli, Adam Kuspa, Gad Shaulsky, David C Queller, Joan E Strassmann |
| Abstract |
Competitive social interactions are ubiquitous in nature, but their genetic basis is difficult to determine. Much can be learned from single gene knockouts in a eukaryote microbe. The mutants can be competed with the parent to discern the social impact of that specific gene. Dictyostelium discoideum is a social amoeba that exhibits cooperative behavior in the construction of a multicellular fruiting body. It is a good model organism to study the genetic basis of cooperation since it has a sequenced genome and it is amenable to genetic manipulation. When two strains of D. discoideum are mixed, a cheater strain can exploit its social partner by differentiating more spore than its fair share relative to stalk cells. Cheater strains can be generated in the lab or found in the wild and genetic analyses have shown that cheating behavior can be achieved through many pathways. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| Colombia | 1 | 13% |
| Japan | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 27% |
| Researcher | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 3 | 5% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 40 | 65% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 16% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 5 | 8% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. 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 24 December 2023.
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