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Endocrine System Evolution

Endocrine System Evolution is the academic study of the structural and functional changes in hormonal signaling mechanisms across animal lineages over geological time, distinguishing itself from related topics by focusing specifically on the phylogenetic development and adaptive modifications of endocrine tissues and signaling pathways.

921

Publications

48.6K

Citations

2.9K

Authors

985

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

116

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Evolution Of Endocrine SystemsEvolution Of The Endocrine System

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Publications

921

Resurrecting the Ancestral Steroid Receptor: Ancient Origin of Estrogen Signaling

Joseph W. Thornton, Eleanor F. Need, David Crews · Science · 2003 · 698 citations

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Evolution of vertebrate steroid receptors from an ancestral estrogen receptor by ligand exploitation and serial genome expansions

Joseph W. Thornton · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 695 citations · Full text

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Adaptation, Exaptation, and Constraint: A Hormonal Perspective

Ellen D. Ketterson, Val Nolan · The American Naturalist · 1999 · 629 citations · Full text

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Identification of a third distinct estrogen receptor and reclassification of estrogen receptors in teleosts

Mary Beth Hawkins, Joseph W. Thornton, David Crews et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 443 citations · Full text

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An epistatic ratchet constrains the direction of glucocorticoid receptor evolution

Jamie T. Bridgham, Eric A. Ortlund, Joseph W. Thornton · Nature · 2009 · 426 citations

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Authors

2.9K

  1. RC
    Robert C. Karn

    Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, United States

    12 publications · 560 citations

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  2. NM
    Nancy M. Sherwood

    University of Victoria, Canada

    12 publications · 846 citations

    12

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  3. ME
    Michael E. Baker

    University of California San Diego, United States

    11 publications · 564 citations

    11

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  4. RA
    Roger Acher

    Sorbonne Université, France

    12 publications · 224 citations

    11

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  5. SD
    Sylvie Dufour

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    11 publications · 370 citations

    11

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1–5 of 2.9K

Institutions

985

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    201 publications

    10.1K citations

  2. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    110 publications

    4.1K citations

  3. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    21 h-index

    48 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    18 h-index

    50 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    16 h-index

    32 publications

    4.7K citations

  8. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    14 h-index

    34 publications

    2.7K citations

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Venues

  1. General and Comparative Endocrinology

    73 publications · 3.1K citations

    36

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  2. Endocrinology

    49 publications · 2.9K citations

    33

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 35 publications · 3.7K citations

    29

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  4. BMC Evolutionary Biology

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

    23

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  5. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 28 publications · 2.2K citations

    22

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