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| Title |
Smelt was the likely beneficiary of an antifreeze gene laterally transferred between fishes
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-190 |
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| Authors |
Laurie A Graham, Jieying Li, William S Davidson, Peter L Davies |
| Abstract |
Type II antifreeze protein (AFP) from the rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, is a calcium-dependent C-type lectin homolog, similar to the AFPs from herring and sea raven. While C-type lectins are ubiquitous, type II AFPs are only found in a few species in three widely separated branches of teleost fishes. Furthermore, several other non-homologous AFPs are found in intervening species. We have previously postulated that this sporadic distribution has resulted from lateral gene transfer. The alternative hypothesis, that the AFP evolved from a lectin present in a shared ancestor and that this gene was lost in most species, is not favored because both the exon and intron sequences are highly conserved. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 7% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Professor | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 12 | 22% |
| Unknown | 10 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 44% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 20% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. 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 05 July 2022.
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