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"The genome sequence of Drosophila
melanogaster," by Mark. D.
Adams and 197 others, Science, 287(5461):2185-95, 24 March 2000.
[Authors' affiliations: 35 institutions
worldwide]
Abstract: "The fly Drosophila
melanogaster is one of the most intensively studied organisms in biology
and serves as a model system for the investigation of many developmental and
cellular processes common to higher eukaryotes, including humans. We have
determined the nucleotide sequence of nearly all of the ~120-megabase
euchromatic portion of the Drosophila genome using a whole-genome
shotgun sequencing strategy supported by extensive clone-based sequence and a
high-quality bacterial artificial chromosome physical map. Efforts are under
way to close the remaining gaps; however, the sequence is of sufficient
accuracy and contiguity to be declared substantially complete and to support
an initial analysis of genome structure and preliminary gene annotation and
interpretation. The genome encodes ~13,600 genes, somewhat fewer than the
smaller Caenorhabditis elegans genome, but with comparable functional
diversity."
This Science paper, the product of a
large collaboration spearheaded by Celera Genomic's J. Craig Venter—who,
with Francis Collins, attained wide media celebrity last summer with the joint
announcement of the "draft map" of the human genome—was cited 40
times in current journal articles indexed in the ISI database during
September-October 2000. That two-month citation total, in addition to being
exceptional for a paper published barely nine months ago, was also the highest
tally of any paper in biology published in the last two years (aside from
reviews). Prior to the most recent bimonthly count, citations to the paper
have accrued as follows:
July-August 2000: 22 citations
May-June 2000: 12
March-April 2000: 8
Total citations to date: 82
SOURCE: Hot
Papers Database (Available from the ISI
Research Services Group in a CD-ROM version containing data on
hundreds of highly cited papers published during the last two years.
User interface permits searching by author, organization, journal,
field, and more. Total citations, as well as citations accrued during
successive bimonthly periods, can be assessed and graphed. Database is
combined with subscription to the ISI newsletter Science
Watch®; updated discs containing the
most recent bimonthly data are mailed with each new issue, six times a
year.)
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