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Evolution

Evolution is a biological process whereby populations of organisms undergo heritable changes in genetic composition across successive generations, driven by mechanisms such as natural selection, genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow, leading to the diversification of life forms over time.

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Biological EvolutionCranial Sutures EvolutionCraniofacial Developmental EvolutionEvolution Of Cranial BaseMammalian Craniofacial EvolutionPrimate Craniofacial Evolution

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A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1980 · 29.8K citations

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An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change.

Brian J. Loasby, Richard R. Nelson, Sidney G. Winter · The Economic Journal · 1983 · 21.7K citations

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A global reference for human genetic variation

Richard Durbin, Peter Donnelly, Paul Flicek et al. · Nature · 2015 · 20K citations · Full text

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The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I

W D Hamilton · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1964 · 15.9K citations

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GENEPOP (Version 1.2): Population Genetics Software for Exact Tests and Ecumenicism

Michel Raymond, François Rousset · Journal of Heredity · 1995 · 15.6K citations

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  1. RE
    Richard E. Lenski

    Michigan State University, United States

    145 publications · 26.6K citations

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  2. ML
    Michael Lynch

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    133 publications · 24.9K citations

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  3. BC
    Brian Charlesworth

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    127 publications · 22.5K citations

    66

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  4. MW
    Marcus W. Feldman

    Stanford University, United States

    106 publications · 12.6K citations

    56

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  5. MA
    Martin A. Nowak

    Harvard University, United States

    85 publications · 20.2K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    203 h-index

    2.1K publications

    1.2M citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    156 h-index

    4.1K publications

    478.9K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    151 h-index

    1K publications

    225.6K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    150 h-index

    1.3K publications

    258K citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    145 h-index

    1.1K publications

    139.8K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    144 h-index

    1.4K publications

    983.6K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    144 h-index

    1.3K publications

    1.3M citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    133 h-index

    952 publications

    115.5K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1.6K publications · 229.5K citations

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  2. Nature

    831 publications · 239.6K citations

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  3. Evolution

    3.4K publications · 335.4K citations

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  4. Science

    721 publications · 151.4K citations

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  5. Genetics

    1.3K publications · 149.5K citations

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