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Beak Evolution

Beak Evolution is a biological theory that explains the adaptive morphological transformation of avian beaks through natural selection, distinguishing it from other evolutionary theories by focusing on the functional and ecological determinants of beak form and diversity in bird lineages.

105

Publications

12.2K

Citations

279

Authors

162

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

34

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Publications

105

Unpredictable Evolution in a 30-Year Study of Darwin's Finches

Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant · Science · 2002 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks revealed by genome sequencing

Sangeet Lamichhaney, Jonas Berglund, Markus Sällman Almén et al. · Nature · 2015 · 1.1K citations

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Evolution of Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches

Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant · Science · 2006 · 996 citations

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<i>Bmp4</i> and Morphological Variation of Beaks in Darwin's Finches

Arhat Abzhanov, Meredith Protas, B. Rosemary Grant et al. · Science · 2004 · 779 citations

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The calmodulin pathway and evolution of elongated beak morphology in Darwin's finches

Arhat Abzhanov, Winston Patrick Kuo, Christine Hartmann et al. · Nature · 2006 · 648 citations

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Authors

279

  1. PR
    Peter R. Grant

    Princeton University, United States

    15 publications · 6K citations

    14

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  2. BR
    B. Rosemary Grant

    Princeton University, United States

    14 publications · 5.8K citations

    13

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  3. JP
    Jeffrey Podos

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

    12

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  4. AA
    Arhat Abzhanov

    Harvard University, United States

    9 publications · 1.8K citations

    9

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  5. AH
    Anthony Herrel

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    8 publications · 734 citations

    8

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1–5 of 279

Institutions

162

  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    14.1K citations

  2. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    2K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    31 publications

    7.7K citations

  4. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    332 citations

  7. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

    10

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  2. Science

    7 publications · 4.2K citations

    7

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  3. 5

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 474 citations

    4

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  5. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 258 citations

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