You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Genomics, March 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-10-132 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Roy Smith, Robert W Lee |
| Abstract |
The magnitude of noncoding DNA in organelle genomes can vary significantly; it is argued that much of this variation is attributable to the dissemination of selfish DNA. The results of a previous study indicate that the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the green alga Volvox carteri abounds with palindromic repeats, which appear to be selfish elements. We became interested in the evolution and distribution of these repeats when, during a cursory exploration of the V. carteri nuclear DNA (nucDNA) and plastid DNA (ptDNA) sequences, we found palindromic repeats with similar structural features to those of the mtDNA. Upon this discovery, we decided to investigate the diversity and evolutionary implications of these palindromic elements by sequencing and characterizing large portions of mtDNA and ptDNA and then comparing these data to the V. carteri draft nuclear genome sequence. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Norway | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 22% |
| Researcher | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 11% |
| Professor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 16 | 25% |
| Unknown | 4 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 45 | 69% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 4 | 6% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 22 February 2017.
All research outputs
#8,534,528
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from BMC Genomics
#3,907
of 11,244 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#37,854
of 106,835 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Genomics
#15
of 41 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 43rd percentile – i.e., 43% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 11,244 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 58% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 106,835 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 17th percentile – i.e., 17% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 41 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 7th percentile – i.e., 7% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.