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| Title |
Why do snails have hairs? A Bayesian inference of character evolution
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-5-59 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Markus Pfenninger, Magda Hrabáková, Dirk Steinke, Aline Dèpraz |
| Abstract |
Costly structures need to represent an adaptive advantage in order to be maintained over evolutionary times. Contrary to many other conspicuous shell ornamentations of gastropods, the haired shells of several Stylommatophoran land snails still lack a convincing adaptive explanation. In the present study, we analysed the correlation between the presence/absence of hairs and habitat conditions in the genus Trochulus in a Bayesian framework of character evolution. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 50 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 11 | 22% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 4% |
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 2% |
| Algeria | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 33 | 66% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 50 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Cuba | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 84 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 31 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 15% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 14% |
| Unknown | 17 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 58 | 60% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 21 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. 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 01 March 2024.
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#1,020
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#1
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