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Evolutionary Character Transformation

Evolutionary Character Transformation is a theoretical construct in cladistics that specifies the permissible pathways and mechanisms by which a character state changes into another across phylogenetic lineages, distinguishing it from general character evolution by formally modeling transitional constraints and directionality.

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2017–2026

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Homologues, Natural Kinds and the Evolution of Modularity

Günter P. Wagner · American Zoologist · 1996 · 823 citations

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Animal evolution during domestication: the domesticated fox as a model

Lyudmila N. Trut, I. N. Oskina, Anastasiya V. Kharlamova · BioEssays · 2009 · 647 citations · Full text

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The conceptual relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny

William L. Fink · Paleobiology · 1982 · 277 citations

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CHARACTER CHANGE, SPECIATION, AND THE HIGHER TAXA

Sewall Wright · Evolution · 1982 · 263 citations

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Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation

Mark S. Springer, Emma C. Teeling, Ole Madsen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 262 citations · Full text

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Authors

158

  1. WL
    William L. Fink

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 409 citations

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  2. JV
    John V. Freudenstein

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 83 citations

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  3. TR
    Tony Robillard

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  4. AM
    Andrea Mess

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    2 publications · 209 citations

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  5. AM
    Anthony Michael Carter

    University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

    2 publications · 209 citations

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Institutions

100

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    410 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    292 citations

  3. Field Museum of Natural History

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    352 citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    184 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    217 citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    170 citations

  7. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    90 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    340 citations

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Venues

  1. Cladistics

    9 publications · 494 citations

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  2. Systematic Biology

    8 publications · 684 citations

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  3. Systematic Zoology

    5 publications · 432 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 619 citations

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  5. Acta Zoologica

    3 publications · 83 citations

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