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| Title |
Evaluating the Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) as a Candidate Dinoflagellate Barcode Marker
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0042780 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rowena F. Stern, Robert A. Andersen, Ian Jameson, Frithjof C. Küpper, Mary-Alice Coffroth, Daniel Vaulot, Florence Le Gall, Benoît Véron, Jerry J. Brand, Hayley Skelton, Fumai Kasai, Emily L. Lilly, Patrick J. Keeling |
| Abstract |
DNA barcoding offers an efficient way to determine species identification and to measure biodiversity. For dinoflagellates, an ancient alveolate group of about 2000 described extant species, DNA barcoding studies have revealed large amounts of unrecognized species diversity, most of which is not represented in culture collections. To date, two mitochondrial gene markers, Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) and Cytochrome b oxidase (COB), have been used to assess DNA barcoding in dinoflagellates, and both failed to amplify all taxa and suffered from low resolution. Nevertheless, both genes yielded many examples of morphospecies showing cryptic speciation and morphologically distinct named species being genetically similar, highlighting the need for a common marker. For example, a large number of cultured Symbiodinium strains have neither taxonomic identification, nor a common measure of diversity that can be used to compare this genus to other dinoflagellates. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Belgium | 1 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 175 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 164 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 23% |
| Researcher | 36 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 10% |
| Professor | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 15% |
| Unknown | 24 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 88 | 50% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 17 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Unknown | 34 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 13 May 2014.
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#6,111,221
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#72,873
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#39,072
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#1,272
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