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The blue lizard spandrel and the island syndrome

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2010
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Title
The blue lizard spandrel and the island syndrome
Published in
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2010
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-10-289
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Authors

Pasquale Raia, Fabio M Guarino, Mimmo Turano, Gianluca Polese, Daniela Rippa, Francesco Carotenuto, Daria M Monti, Manuela Cardi, Domenico Fulgione

Abstract

Many small vertebrates on islands grow larger, mature later, lay smaller clutches/litters, and are less sexually dimorphic and aggressive than their mainland relatives. This set of observations is referred to as the 'Island Syndrome'. The syndrome is linked to high population density on islands. We predicted that when population density is low and/or fluctuating insular vertebrates may evolve correlated trait shifts running opposite to the Island Syndrome, which we collectively refer to as the 'reversed island syndrome' (RIS) hypothesis. On the proximate level, we hypothesized that RIS is caused by increased activity levels in melanocortin receptors. Melanocortins are postranslational products of the proopiomelanocortin gene, which controls pleiotropically pigmentation, aggressiveness, sexual activity, and food intake in vertebrates.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 2%
Spain 3 2%
France 2 1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Unknown 154 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 24%
Student > Master 27 16%
Researcher 25 15%
Student > Bachelor 21 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Other 23 14%
Unknown 19 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 101 61%
Environmental Science 15 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 7%
Engineering 3 2%
Psychology 2 1%
Other 7 4%
Unknown 25 15%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 70. 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 16 December 2023.
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#610,707
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#119
of 3,714 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,613
of 105,840 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#2
of 48 outputs
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