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| Title |
Genetic diversity of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a medicinal fungus endemic to the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for its evolution and conservation
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-9-290 |
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| Authors |
Yongjie Zhang, Lingling Xu, Shu Zhang, Xingzhong Liu, Zhiqiang An, Mu Wang, Yinglan Guo |
| Abstract |
Ophiocordyceps sinensis (syn. Cordyceps sinensis), endemic to alpine regions on the Tibetan plateau, is one of the most valuable medicinal fungi in the world. Huge commercial demand has led to excessive harvest and a dramatic decline in its numbers. The diversity of terrains and climates on the Tibetan Plateau and the broad insect host range (more than 50 species in the family Hepialidae) may have resulted in substantial intraspecific genetic diversity for this fungus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the population distribution of O. sinensis from geographically diverse regions of the Tibetan Plateau based on nrDNA ITS and MAT1-2-1 gene sequences. Understanding of the genetic diversity and genesis of O. sinensis will provide important information for the evolution and conservation of this fungus. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 52% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 08 July 2012.
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#3,798,945
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#998
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#18,600
of 172,809 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#10
of 38 outputs
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