Title |
Draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-14-75 |
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Authors |
Ahmad Yamin Abdul Rahman, Abhilash O Usharraj, Biswapriya B Misra, Gincy P Thottathil, Kandakumar Jayasekaran, Yun Feng, Shaobin Hou, Su Yean Ong, Fui Ling Ng, Ling Sze Lee, Hock Siew Tan, Muhd Khairul Luqman Muhd Sakaff, Beng Soon Teh, Bee Feong Khoo, Siti Suriawati Badai, Nurohaida Ab Aziz, Anton Yuryev, Bjarne Knudsen, Alexandre Dionne-Laporte, Nokuthula P Mchunu, Qingyi Yu, Brennick J Langston, Tracey Allen K Freitas, Aaron G Young, Rui Chen, Lei Wang, Nazalan Najimudin, Jennifer A Saito, Maqsudul Alam |
Abstract |
Hevea brasiliensis, a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, is the major commercial source of natural rubber (NR). NR is a latex polymer with high elasticity, flexibility, and resilience that has played a critical role in the world economy since 1876. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 23% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 15% |
Argentina | 1 | 8% |
Canada | 1 | 8% |
Germany | 1 | 8% |
India | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 4 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 11 | 85% |
Scientists | 2 | 15% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 5 | 2% |
Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
Japan | 2 | <1% |
China | 2 | <1% |
Norway | 1 | <1% |
Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Other | 6 | 2% |
Unknown | 252 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 53 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 15% |
Student > Master | 38 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 28 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 6% |
Other | 48 | 18% |
Unknown | 49 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 137 | 50% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 34 | 12% |
Engineering | 14 | 5% |
Computer Science | 7 | 3% |
Chemistry | 4 | 1% |
Other | 17 | 6% |
Unknown | 61 | 22% |