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Mendeley readers
| Title |
Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/jbiol88 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stuart Reynolds, Jens Rolff |
| Abstract |
How does an animal host prevent intracellular symbionts getting out of hand? A new paper in BMC Biology provides evidence that the mutualism between a beetle and its bacterial endosymbiont could be mediated through the expression of host immune genes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 69 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 62 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 36% |
| Researcher | 12 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 46 | 67% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |