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| Title |
Signals of demographic expansion in Drosophila virilis
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-8-59 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Patricia M Mirol, Jarkko Routtu, Anneli Hoikkala, Roger K Butlin |
| Abstract |
The pattern of genetic variation within and among populations of a species is strongly affected by its phylogeographic history. Analyses based on putatively neutral markers provide data from which past events, such as population expansions and colonizations, can be inferred. Drosophila virilis is a cosmopolitan species belonging to the virilis group, where divergence times between different phylads go back to the early Miocene. We analysed mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among 35 Drosophila virilis strains covering the species' range in order to detect demographic events that could be used to understand the present characteristics of the species, as well as its differences from other members of the group. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 42 | 68% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 7 | 11% |
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 08 January 2014.
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#8,534,528
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#1,997
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#33,958
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#30
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