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The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2015
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

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Title
The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies
Published in
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12862-014-0276-y
Pubmed ID
Authors

Matthew W Mitchell, Sabrina Locatelli, Lora Ghobrial, Amy A Pokempner, Paul R Sesink Clee, Ekwoge E Abwe, Aaron Nicholas, Louis Nkembi, Nicola M Anthony, Bethan J Morgan, Roger Fotso, Martine Peeters, Beatrice H Hahn, Mary Katherine Gonder

Abstract

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can be divided into four subspecies. Substantial phylogenetic evidence suggests that these subspecies can be grouped into two distinct lineages: a western African group that includes P. t. verus and P. t. ellioti and a central/eastern African group that includes P. t. troglodytes and P. t. schweinfurthii. The geographic division of these two lineages occurs in Cameroon, where the rages of P. t. ellioti and P. t. troglodytes appear to converge at the Sanaga River. Remarkably, few population genetic studies have included wild chimpanzees from this region.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 112 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 28%
Student > Master 15 13%
Student > Bachelor 14 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 9%
Researcher 10 9%
Other 15 13%
Unknown 19 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 50 43%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 16%
Environmental Science 11 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 2%
Other 8 7%
Unknown 23 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 53. 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 23 January 2015.
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#799,379
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#157
of 3,714 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,451
of 359,552 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#5
of 62 outputs
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