Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41813889›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Gene conversion empowers natural selection in a clonal fish species.

Edward S Ricemeyer, Nathan K Schaefer, Kang Du, Irene da Cruz, Susanne Kneitz, Rafael D Acemel, Darío G Lupiáñez, Rachel A Carroll, Rosie Drinkwater, Manfred Schartl and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Ancestral gene flow shaped the singular origin of the Amazon molly.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Edward S Ricemeyer *Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. E.Ricemeyer@lmu.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-217X
Nathan K Schaefer *The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-7329
Kang DuKey Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-8945
Irene da CruzDevelopmental Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Susanne KneitzBiochemistry and Cell Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Rafael D AcemelCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Junta de Andalucía, Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4120-0140
Darío G LupiáñezCentro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Junta de Andalucía, Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3165-036X
Rachel A CarrollBond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Rosie DrinkwaterInstitute of Animal Systems Genomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6892-1664
Manfred SchartlInstitute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9882-5948
Wesley C WarrenBond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2255-2730

Funding

European Research CouncilLeibniz Supercomputing CentreNational Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual reproduction is ancient and ubiquitous despite its obvious disadvantages

Indexed as

Gene ConversionPoeciliaReproduction, AsexualSelection, GeneticAllelesAnimalsChromatinClone CellsFemaleHaplotypesHybridization, GeneticMaleMutationMutation AccumulationChromatin

Identifiers

PMID41813889

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.