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| Title |
Rapid evolution of BRCA1 and BRCA2in humans and other primates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-14-155 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dianne I Lou, Ross M McBee, Uyen Q Le, Anne C Stone, Gregory K Wilkerson, Ann M Demogines, Sara L Sawyer |
| Abstract |
The maintenance of chromosomal integrity is an essential task of every living organism and cellular repair mechanisms exist to guard against insults to DNA. Given the importance of this process, it is expected that DNA repair proteins would be evolutionarily conserved, exhibiting very minimal sequence change over time. However, BRCA1, an essential gene involved in DNA repair, has been reported to be evolving rapidly despite the fact that many protein-altering mutations within this gene convey a significantly elevated risk for breast and ovarian cancers. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 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 | 2 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 115 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 110 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 17% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 16 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 32 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 18 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 2014.
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#6,754,036
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#1,503
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#59,401
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#22
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,714 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 58% of its peers.
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