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| Title |
Tree of Sex: A database of sexual systems
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| Published in |
Scientific Data, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/sdata.2014.15 |
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| Abstract |
The vast majority of eukaryotic organisms reproduce sexually, yet the nature of the sexual system and the mechanism of sex determination often vary remarkably, even among closely related species. Some species of animals and plants change sex across their lifespan, some contain hermaphrodites as well as males and females, some determine sex with highly differentiated chromosomes, while others determine sex according to their environment. Testing evolutionary hypotheses regarding the causes and consequences of this diversity requires interspecific data placed in a phylogenetic context. Such comparative studies have been hampered by the lack of accessible data listing sexual systems and sex determination mechanisms across the eukaryotic tree of life. Here, we describe a database developed to facilitate access to sexual system and sex chromosome information, with data on sexual systems from 11,038 plant, 705 fish, 173 amphibian, 593 non-avian reptilian, 195 avian, 479 mammalian, and 11,556 invertebrate species. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 158 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 22% |
| Canada | 15 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 8% |
| Germany | 6 | 4% |
| Australia | 4 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Unknown | 66 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 85 | 54% |
| Scientists | 70 | 44% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 290 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Brazil | 3 | 1% |
| Czechia | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 272 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 73 | 25% |
| Researcher | 47 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 8% |
| Professor | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 47 | 16% |
| Unknown | 52 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 156 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 42 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | <1% |
| Computer Science | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 15 | 5% |
| Unknown | 59 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 347. 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 24 December 2023.
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