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Comparative Developmental Biology

Comparative developmental biology is a subdiscipline of developmental biology that compares developmental mechanisms, embryonic patterns, and morphogenetic processes across multiple animal species to elucidate evolutionary relationships and identify conserved biological pathways.

959

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61K

Citations

2.7K

Authors

991

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2017–2026

155

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Publications

959

Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brains of Marsupials: Not as “Primitive” as Expected

Sandra Esmeralda Dos Santos, Jairo Porfírio, Felipe Cunha et al. · Brain Behavior and Evolution · 2017 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Early development and fitness in birds and mammals

Jan Lindström · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1999 · 1.7K citations

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Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates

Frédéric Delsuc, Henner Brinkmann, Daniel Chourrout et al. · Nature · 2006 · 1.7K citations

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Principles of brain evolution

G. F. Striedter · Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Translating developmental time across mammalian species

Barbara Clancy, Richard B. Darlington, Barbara L. Finlay · Neuroscience · 2001 · 1.2K citations

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Authors

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  1. JH
    James Hanken

    Harvard University, United States

    9 publications · 829 citations

    9

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  2. AG
    Anjali Goswami

    University College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 1K citations

    8

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  3. MR
    Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    7 publications · 395 citations

    7

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  4. WD
    Wei‐Guo Du

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    7 publications · 229 citations

    7

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  5. KE
    Karen E. Sears

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    7 publications · 296 citations

    7

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Institutions

991

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    133 publications

    5.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    76 publications

    6K citations

  3. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    58 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    18 h-index

    43 publications

    8.3K citations

  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    15 h-index

    40 publications

    4.4K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    41 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    32 publications

    4.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution & Development

    45 publications · 2.7K citations

    29

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 31 publications · 3K citations

    26

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  3. Journal of Morphology

    28 publications · 1.5K citations

    26

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  4. Evolution

    34 publications · 2.4K citations

    25

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  5. Development

    24 publications · 2.2K citations

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See also

Comparative Developmental Biology

Core Methods

Conserved Pathways

Evolutionary Patterns

Morphogenetic Processes