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Title |
A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses
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Published in |
Biology Direct, June 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-7-13 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Geoffrey S Diemer, Kenneth M Stedman |
Abstract |
Viruses are known to be the most abundant organisms on earth, yet little is known about their collective origin and evolutionary history. With exceptionally high rates of genetic mutation and mosaicism, it is not currently possible to resolve deep evolutionary histories of the known major virus groups. Metagenomics offers a potential means of establishing a more comprehensive view of viral evolution as vast amounts of new sequence data becomes available for comparative analysis. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 52 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 14 | 27% |
United Kingdom | 9 | 17% |
Sweden | 3 | 6% |
Brazil | 1 | 2% |
Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
Denmark | 1 | 2% |
France | 1 | 2% |
Ghana | 1 | 2% |
Central African Republic | 1 | 2% |
Other | 4 | 8% |
Unknown | 16 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 38 | 73% |
Scientists | 9 | 17% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 8% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 262 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 1% |
Brazil | 2 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
Turkey | 1 | <1% |
Norway | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Other | 6 | 2% |
Unknown | 243 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 23% |
Researcher | 48 | 18% |
Student > Master | 28 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 28 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 7% |
Other | 58 | 22% |
Unknown | 22 | 8% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 132 | 50% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 35 | 13% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 16 | 6% |
Environmental Science | 9 | 3% |
Computer Science | 8 | 3% |
Other | 28 | 11% |
Unknown | 34 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 139. 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 20 July 2022.
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