| Title |
Is sex necessary?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-9-56 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman |
| Abstract |
Fungal sexual reproductive modes have markedly high diversity and plasticity, and asexual species have been hypothesized to arise frequently from sexual fungal species. A recent study on the red yeasts provides further support for the notion that sexual ancestors may give rise to shorter-lived asexual species. However, presumed asexual species may also be cryptically sexual, as revealed by other recent studies. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 8% |
| Mexico | 1 | 8% |
| Finland | 1 | 8% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 8% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 92 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 33 | 30% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 8% |
| Professor | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 19 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 61 | 56% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 15 | 14% |