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| Title |
Experimental evolution of aging in a bacterium
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, July 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-7-126 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martin Ackermann, Alexandra Schauerte, Stephen C Stearns, Urs Jenal |
| Abstract |
Aging refers to a decline in reproduction and survival with increasing age. According to evolutionary theory, aging evolves because selection late in life is weak and mutations exist whose deleterious effects manifest only late in life. Whether the assumptions behind this theory are fulfilled in all organisms, and whether all organisms age, has not been clear. We tested the generality of this theory by experimental evolution with Caulobacter crescentus, a bacterium whose asymmetric division allows mother and daughter to be distinguished. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 182 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 4 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 165 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 53 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 13% |
| Professor | 11 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 111 | 61% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 18 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. 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 31 July 2022.
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#3,415,350
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#920
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#8,152
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#4
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