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| Title |
Comparative metagenomics of Daphnia symbionts
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-10-172 |
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| Authors |
Weihong Qi, Guang Nong, James F Preston, Frida Ben-Ami, Dieter Ebert |
| Abstract |
Shotgun sequences of DNA extracts from whole organisms allow a comprehensive assessment of possible symbionts. The current project makes use of four shotgun datasets from three species of the planktonic freshwater crustaceans Daphnia: one dataset from clones of D. pulex and D. pulicaria and two datasets from one clone of D. magna. We analyzed these datasets with three aims: First, we search for bacterial symbionts, which are present in all three species. Second, we search for evidence for Cyanobacteria and plastids, which had been suggested to occur as symbionts in a related Daphnia species. Third, we compare the metacommunities revealed by two different 454 pyrosequencing methods (GS 20 and GS FLX). |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 147 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Sweden | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 38 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 10% |
| Professor | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 97 | 66% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unknown | 14 | 10% |