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| Title |
The evolution of TEP1, an exceptionally polymorphic immunity gene in Anopheles gambiae
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-8-274 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Darren J Obbard, Deborah M Callister, Francis M Jiggins, Dinesh C Soares, Guiyun Yan, Tom J Little |
| Abstract |
Host-parasite coevolution can result in balancing selection, which maintains genetic variation in the susceptibility of hosts to parasites. It has been suggested that variation in a thioester-containing protein called TEP1 (AGAP010815) may alter the ability of Anopheles mosquitoes to transmit Plasmodium parasites, and high divergence between alleles of this gene suggests the possible action of long-term balancing selection. We studied whether TEP1 is a case of an ancient balanced polymorphism in an animal immune system. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 4% |
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Senegal | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 96 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 28% |
| Researcher | 22 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 7% |
| Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 67 | 61% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 16 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 October 2018.
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#8,262,445
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#1,922
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#36,292
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#15
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