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Character Evolution

Character Evolution is the systematic study of the transformation and inheritance of heritable traits across species lineages over evolutionary time, distinguished from broader phylogenetic analysis by its focus on the origin, loss, and modification of specific morphological, molecular, or behavioral characters within a cladistic framework.

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2017–2026

333

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Character Evolution Studies

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MacClade 4.0: analysis of phylogeny and character evolution

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 5.6K citations

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TESTING FOR PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN COMPARATIVE DATA: BEHAVIORAL TRAITS ARE MORE LABILE

Simon P. Blomberg, Theodore Garland, Anthony R. Ives · Evolution · 2003 · 4.4K citations · Full text

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CANALIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERS

C. H. Waddington · Nature · 1942 · 3.3K citations

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SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, SEXUAL SELECTION, AND ADAPTATION IN POLYGENIC CHARACTERS

Russell Lande · Evolution · 1980 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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A Successive Approximations Approach to Character Weighting

James S. Farris · Systematic Zoology · 1969 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

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  1. JB
    Jonathan B. Losos

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    20 publications · 2K citations

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  2. JJ
    John J. Wiens

    University of Arizona, United States

    17 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. DW
    David W. Pfennig

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. SC
    Satoshi Chiba

    Tohoku University, Japan

    14 publications · 651 citations

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  5. KE
    Kevin E. Omland

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    183 publications

    11.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    34 h-index

    101 publications

    7.5K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    33 h-index

    73 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    33 h-index

    79 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    31 h-index

    65 publications

    5.3K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    26 h-index

    58 publications

    6.1K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    26 h-index

    69 publications

    8.6K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    52 publications

    5.8K citations

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  1. Evolution

    286 publications · 32K citations

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  2. Systematic Biology

    94 publications · 9.8K citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 60 publications · 5.8K citations

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  4. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 68 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. Cladistics

    57 publications · 4.5K citations

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