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| Title |
Horizontal gene transfer is not a hallmark of the human genome
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Genome Biology, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13059-017-1214-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven L. Salzberg |
| Abstract |
Crisp et al. recently reported that 145 human genes have been horizontally transferred from distant species. Here, I re-analyze those genes listed by Crisp et al. as having the highest certainty of having been horizontally transferred, as well as 17 further genes from the 2001 human genome article, and find little or no evidence to support claims of horizontal gene transfer (HGT).Please see related Research article: https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-015-0607-3. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 104 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 10% |
| Sweden | 5 | 5% |
| Australia | 5 | 5% |
| Germany | 4 | 4% |
| France | 3 | 3% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| Norway | 2 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 31 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 52 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 50 | 48% |
| Unknown | 2 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 92 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 22% |
| Researcher | 18 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 35 | 37% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 31 | 33% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 17 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 135. 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 04 August 2022.
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#312,705
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Outputs from Genome Biology
#130
of 4,505 outputs
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#6,392
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#5
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