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Comparative External Morphology

Comparative External Morphology is a systematic framework in biological anthropology that entails the quantitative and qualitative analysis of superficial anatomical structures across species to identify evolutionary relationships, functional adaptations, and taxonomic distinctions based on externally observable morphological traits.

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RHODOLITHS: BETWEEN ROCKS AND SOFT PLACES

Michael S. Foster · Journal of Phycology · 2001 · 589 citations

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ANATOMY OF THE BILIARY DUCTS WITHIN THE HUMAN LIVER

John E. Healey · A M A Archives of Surgery · 1953 · 576 citations

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Unique morphology of the human eye and its adaptive meaning: comparative studies on external morphology of the primate eye

Hiromi Kobayashi, Shiro Kohshima · Journal of Human Evolution · 2001 · 457 citations

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Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari‐Parasitiformes): An introduction to their external morphology and classification

G. O. Evans, W.M. Till · The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London · 1979 · 406 citations

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The Giant Panda a Morphological Study of Evolutionary Mechanisms

W. B. Quay, D. Dwight Davis · Journal of Mammalogy · 1966 · 384 citations

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    Cameron D. Siler

    University of Kansas, United States

    10 publications · 288 citations

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    Arvin C. Diesmos

    National Museum of the Philippines, Philippines

    10 publications · 395 citations

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    Rafe M. Brown

    University of Kansas, United States

    10 publications · 404 citations

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    Rafael O. de Sá

    University of Richmond, United States

    7 publications · 130 citations

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    Paulo Gustavo Homem Passos

    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    7 publications · 219 citations

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  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    23 h-index

    66 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    22 h-index

    79 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    51 publications

    2.1K citations

  4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    18 h-index

    63 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    46 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    15 h-index

    48 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Zootaxa

    134 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Morphology

    41 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    27 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Fish Biology

    23 publications · 732 citations

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  5. Copeia

    28 publications · 923 citations

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