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Egg Morphological Variation

Egg Morphological Variation is a biological construct that denotes systematic differences in the structural characteristics of eggs—such as shape, size, coloration, and surface texture—across species, populations, or environmental conditions within the framework of avian or reptilian reproductive biology.

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Causes and Significance of Morphological Variation in Fishes

George W. Barlow · Systematic Zoology · 1961 · 285 citations

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Environmental Component of Morphological Differentiation in Birds

Frances C. James · Science · 1983 · 277 citations

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Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution

Mary Caswell Stoddard, Ee Hou Yong, Derya Akkaynak et al. · Science · 2017 · 227 citations · Full text

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EGG SIZE AND SHAPE IN THE KITTIWAKE <i>(RISSA TRIDACTYLA)</i> AND THEIR USE IN ESTIMATING AGE COMPOSITION OF POPULATIONS

J. C. Coulson · Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London · 1963 · 173 citations

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Evolution of variation in egg color and marking pattern in European passerines: adaptations in a coevolutionary arms race with the cuckoo, <i>Cuculus canorus</i>

Ingar Jostein Øien, Arne Moksnes, Eivin Røskaft · Behavioral Ecology · 1995 · 148 citations

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    Graziella Mura

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    7 publications · 209 citations

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    D. Charles Deeming

    University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 153 citations

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    Denton Belk

    Our Lady of the Lake University, United States

    4 publications · 173 citations

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    Joanna Skwarska

    University of Łódź, Poland

    3 publications · 57 citations

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    Mary Caswell Stoddard

    Princeton University, United States

    3 publications · 342 citations

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  1. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    228 citations

  2. University of Siena

    Siena, Italy

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    174 citations

  3. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    122 citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    361 citations

  5. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    191 citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    225 citations

  7. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    312 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    112 citations

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  1. Journal of Crustacean Biology

    8 publications · 380 citations

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  2. Zootaxa

    6 publications · 105 citations

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  3. Copeia

    5 publications · 189 citations

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  4. Ibis

    5 publications · 119 citations

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  5. Poultry Science

    5 publications · 111 citations

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