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| Title |
Uniting sex and eukaryote origins in an emerging oxygenic world
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-5-53 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeferson Gross, Debashish Bhattacharya |
| Abstract |
Theories about eukaryote origins (eukaryogenesis) need to provide unified explanations for the emergence of diverse complex features that define this lineage. Models that propose a prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition are gridlocked between the opposing "phagocytosis first" and "mitochondria as seed" paradigms, neither of which fully explain the origins of eukaryote cell complexity. Sex (outcrossing with meiosis) is an example of an elaborate trait not yet satisfactorily addressed in theories about eukaryogenesis. The ancestral nature of meiosis and its dependence on eukaryote cell biology suggest that the emergence of sex and eukaryogenesis were simultaneous and synergic and may be explained by a common selective pressure. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 136 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4 | 3% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Tunisia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 121 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 30 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 11 | 8% |
| Professor | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 16% |
| Unknown | 24 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 44% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 12% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 7% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 10% |
| Unknown | 28 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. 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 07 September 2022.
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#1,461,599
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#34
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#4,678
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#2
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