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| Title |
Placental expression of pituitary hormones is an ancestral feature of therian mammals
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| Published in |
EvoDevo, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/2041-9139-2-16 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brandon R Menzies, Andrew J Pask, Marilyn B Renfree |
| Abstract |
The placenta is essential for supplying nutrients and gases to the developing mammalian young before birth. While all mammals have a functional placenta, only in therian mammals (marsupials and eutherians) does the placenta closely appose or invade the uterine endometrium. The eutherian placenta secretes hormones that are structurally and functionally similar to pituitary growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL) and luteinizing hormone (LH). Marsupial and eutherian mammals diverged from a common ancestor approximately 125 to 148 million years ago and developed distinct reproductive strategies. As in eutherians, marsupials rely on a short-lived but functional placenta for embryogenesis. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 31 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 45% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 21% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 3% |
| Philosophy | 1 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 7 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 19 August 2011.
All research outputs
#5,423,170
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from EvoDevo
#136
of 332 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,437
of 134,183 outputs
Outputs of similar age from EvoDevo
#2
of 2 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 332 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
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