| Title |
Genome Erosion in a Nitrogen-Fixing Vertically Transmitted Endosymbiotic Multicellular Cyanobacterium
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0011486 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Liang Ran, John Larsson, Theoden Vigil-Stenman, Johan A. A. Nylander, Karolina Ininbergs, Wei-Wen Zheng, Alla Lapidus, Stephen Lowry, Robert Haselkorn, Birgitta Bergman |
| Abstract |
An ancient cyanobacterial incorporation into a eukaryotic organism led to the evolution of plastids (chloroplasts) and subsequently to the origin of the plant kingdom. The underlying mechanism and the identities of the partners in this monophyletic event remain elusive. |
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 % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 5% |
| Brazil | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 238 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 58 | 22% |
| Researcher | 44 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 50 | 19% |
| Unknown | 28 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 152 | 58% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 49 | 19% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 3% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 13% |