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| Title |
SIT 2.0: 21st Century genetic technology for the screwworm sterile-insect program
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12915-016-0310-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luke Alphey |
| Abstract |
Release of sterile insects, the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), can be an extremely effective and precise method of pest control. A study in BMC Biology from the New World screwworm SIT program and others shows that modern genetic methods can provide major improvements even to this well-established and highly successful SIT program.See research article: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0296-8. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 24 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 24 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 29% |
| Researcher | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 29% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 21% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 28 March 2018.
All research outputs
#14,275,790
of 23,322,258 outputs
Outputs from BMC Biology
#1,661
of 2,039 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#179,247
of 322,027 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Biology
#24
of 31 outputs
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