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| Title |
Widespread horizontal genomic exchange does not erode species barriers among sympatric ducks
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-45 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert HS Kraus, Hindrik HD Kerstens, Pim van Hooft, Hendrik-Jan Megens, Johan Elmberg, Arseny Tsvey, Dmitry Sartakov, Sergej A Soloviev, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Martien AM Groenen, Ronald C Ydenberg, Herbert HT Prins |
| Abstract |
The study of speciation and maintenance of species barriers is at the core of evolutionary biology. During speciation the genome of one population becomes separated from other populations of the same species, which may lead to genomic incompatibility with time. This separation is complete when no fertile offspring is produced from inter-population matings, which is the basis of the biological species concept. Birds, in particular ducks, are recognised as a challenging and illustrative group of higher vertebrates for speciation studies. There are many sympatric and ecologically similar duck species, among which fertile hybrids occur relatively frequently in nature, yet these species remain distinct. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 54 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 | 7 | 13% |
| United States | 5 | 9% |
| Spain | 3 | 6% |
| Germany | 3 | 6% |
| Australia | 2 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 26 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 35 | 65% |
| Scientists | 15 | 28% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 91 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 25% |
| Researcher | 21 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 15% |
| Professor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 73% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. 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 09 September 2016.
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#1,205,955
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#278
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#6,125
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#3
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