↓ Skip to main content

New polymorphic microsatellite loci revealed for the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus through Ion Proton double-digest RAD sequencing

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Biology Reports, September 2018
Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (62nd percentile)

Mentioned by

twitter
2 X users

Citations

dimensions_citation
4 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
16 Mendeley
Title
New polymorphic microsatellite loci revealed for the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus through Ion Proton double-digest RAD sequencing
Published in
Molecular Biology Reports, September 2018
DOI 10.1007/s11033-018-4338-x
Pubmed ID
Authors

Simo N. Maduna, Charné Rossouw, Ruhan Slabbert, Sabine P. Wintner, Charlene da Silva, Aletta E. Bester-van der Merwe

Abstract

The non-model shark species, dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus, is a bio-economically and recreationally important shark in many areas of its range. Despite of the fishery importance of C. obscurus few genetic resources are currently available for the species. Here, we report on the isolation of eight novel microsatellite loci from C. obscurus using a double-digest restriction site associated DNA (RAD) sequencing approach on the Ion Proton semiconductor platform (ddRADseq-ion). We characterised the loci in 26 individuals and all loci were polymorphic, exhibiting 5-10 alleles (average 6.6), and observed and expected heterozygosities of 0.385-0.962 and 0.479-0.847, respectively. We found that all pairs of loci were in linkage equilibrium and conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectations. The loci reported in this study are only the second set of microsatellite loci ever characterized for C. obscurus and will be valuable for molecular ecology studies for this vulnerable species.

X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 16 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 16 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 25%
Student > Postgraduate 2 13%
Student > Master 2 13%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 13%
Student > Bachelor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 4 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 44%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 19%
Philosophy 1 6%
Arts and Humanities 1 6%
Unknown 4 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 16 September 2018.
All research outputs
#15,545,423
of 23,103,436 outputs
Outputs from Molecular Biology Reports
#1,143
of 2,964 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#213,251
of 337,432 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Molecular Biology Reports
#23
of 79 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,103,436 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 22nd percentile – i.e., 22% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,964 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 2.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 50% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 337,432 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 28th percentile – i.e., 28% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 79 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 62% of its contemporaries.