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The Unique Karyotype of Henochilus wheatlandii, a Critically Endangered Fish Living in a Fast-Developing Region in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, July 2012
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Title
The Unique Karyotype of Henochilus wheatlandii, a Critically Endangered Fish Living in a Fast-Developing Region in Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Published in
PLOS ONE, July 2012
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0042278
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Authors

Priscilla C. Silva, Udson Santos, Natália M. Travenzoli, Jose C. Zanuncio, Marcelo de B. Cioffi, Jorge A. Dergam

Abstract

Henochilus wheatlandii, the only species of this genus, is critically endangered and was considered extinct for over a century. The rediscovery of this fish in 1996 made it possible to study its phylogenetic relationships with other species in the subfamily Bryconinae. The aim of this study was to characterise the karyotype of H. wheatlandii. Standard staining, C-positive heterochromatin and nucleolar organiser region (NOR) banding, chromomycin A(3) staining, and fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) using 5S rDNA and 18S rDNA probes were conducted on nineteen specimens collected in the Santo Antonio River, a sub-basin of the Doce River in Ferros municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Henochilus wheatlandii shared the same diploid number and chromosome morphology as other species of Bryconinae. However, its heterochromatin distribution patterns, NOR localisation, and FISH patterns revealed a cytogenetic profile unique among Neotropical Bryconinae, emphasizing the evolutionary uniqueness of this threatened species.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Czechia 1 3%
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 32 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 15%
Student > Postgraduate 5 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 12%
Student > Master 4 12%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 5 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 65%
Environmental Science 3 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 3%
Unknown 6 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 03 March 2013.
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#7,454,951
of 22,790,780 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#88,766
of 194,543 outputs
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#54,735
of 164,775 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#1,618
of 3,977 outputs
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