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Colour Variation in the Crocodile Lizard (

Xia Qiu, Martin J Whiting, Weiguo Du, Zhengjun Wu, Shuyi Luo, Bisong Yue, Jinzhong Fu, Yin Qi

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Article in Biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Xia QiuChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Martin J WhitingSchool of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
Weiguo DuInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1868-5664
Zhengjun WuKey Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Guangxi Normal University, Ministry of Education, Guilin 541001, China.
Shuyi LuoDaguishan National Nature Reserve for Crocodile Lizards, Hezhou 542800, China.
Bisong YueCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
Jinzhong FuDepartments of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Yin QiChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNFanjingshan National Nature Reserve · CNGuangxi Normal University · CNMacquarie University · AUSichuan University · CNUniversity of Guelph · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colour plays a key role in animal social communication including as an indicator of individual quality. Using spectrophotometry, we examined colour variation in the throat and venter of the crocodile lizard (

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alternative reproductive tacticcolour polymorphismcolour signallife historyreptilesocial communication

Identifiers

PMID36138793
PMCPMC9495974
OpenAlexW4295067506

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