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| Title |
Controversies in modern evolutionary biology: the imperative for error detection and quality control
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Genomics, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-13-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Francisco Prosdocimi, Benjamin Linard, Pierre Pontarotti, Olivier Poch, Julie D Thompson |
| Abstract |
The data from high throughput genomics technologies provide unique opportunities for studies of complex biological systems, but also pose many new challenges. The shift to the genome scale in evolutionary biology, for example, has led to many interesting, but often controversial studies. It has been suggested that part of the conflict may be due to errors in the initial sequences. Most gene sequences are predicted by bioinformatics programs and a number of quality issues have been raised, concerning DNA sequencing errors or badly predicted coding regions, particularly in eukaryotes. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| France | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 5 | 83% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 6% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 65 | 81% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 25 | 31% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 20% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 59% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 3% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 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 18 November 2017.
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