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X Demographics
Mendeley readers
| Title |
SIT 2.0: 21st Century genetic technology for the screwworm sterile-insect program
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12915-016-0310-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luke Alphey |
| Abstract |
Release of sterile insects, the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), can be an extremely effective and precise method of pest control. A study in BMC Biology from the New World screwworm SIT program and others shows that modern genetic methods can provide major improvements even to this well-established and highly successful SIT program.See research article: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0296-8. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 25 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 25 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 28% |
| Researcher | 5 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 8 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 32% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 20% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 8 | 32% |