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| Title |
Structural analysis of polarizing indels: an emerging consensus on the root of the tree of life
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-4-30 |
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| Authors |
Ruben E Valas, Philip E Bourne |
| Abstract |
The root of the tree of life has been a holy grail ever since Darwin first used the tree as a metaphor for evolution. New methods seek to narrow down the location of the root by excluding it from branches of the tree of life. This is done by finding traits that must be derived, and excluding the root from the taxa those traits cover. However the two most comprehensive attempts at this strategy, performed by Cavalier-Smith and Lake et al., have excluded each other's rootings. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 31 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2 | 6% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 22 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 32% |
| Researcher | 8 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 65% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 10% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 1 | 3% |