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| Title |
The mosquito Aedes aegypti has a large genome size and high transposable element load but contains a low proportion of transposon-specific piRNAs
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-12-606 |
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| Authors |
Peter Arensburger, Robert H Hice, Jennifer A Wright, Nancy L Craig, Peter W Atkinson |
| Abstract |
The piRNA pathway has been shown in model organisms to be involved in silencing of transposons thereby providing genome stability. In D. melanogaster the majority of piRNAs map to these sequences. The medically important mosquito species Aedes aegypti has a large genome size, a high transposon load which includes Miniature Inverted repeat Transposable Elements (MITES) and an expansion of the piRNA biogenesis genes. Studies of transgenic lines of Ae. aegypti have indicated that introduced transposons are poorly remobilized and we sought to explore the basis of this. We wished to analyze the piRNA profile of Ae. aegypti and thereby determine if it is responsible for transposon silencing in this mosquito. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 167 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 3% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 153 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 25% |
| Researcher | 40 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 90 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 33 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Unknown | 26 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 29 December 2011.
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