Figure 3From: Cross-pollination of research findings, although uncommon, may accelerate discovery of human disease genes Average rate of publication (publications/day) of disease-specific research fields with various levels of involvement in cooperative research (defined by the ICS) . From this figure it is clear that two genetically related diseases publish more often when cross-referencing their gene discoveries (diabetes mellitus and obesity), than when working independently (autism and ADHD) (r2=0.7931).Back to article page