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Flight Origins

Flight Origins is a theoretical framework that investigates the evolutionary emergence and adaptive development of aerial locomotion in insects, distinguishing itself from related biological origin theories by focusing specifically on the biomechanical, ecological, and phylogenetic factors that initiated the capacity for flight in insect lineages.

78

Publications

5.9K

Citations

245

Authors

132

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

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Publications

78

Comparative Analysis of Bat Genomes Provides Insight into the Evolution of Flight and Immunity

Guojie Zhang, Christopher Cowled, Zhiyong Huang et al. · Science · 2012 · 618 citations · Full text

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Ontogeny of orientation flight in the honeybee revealed by harmonic radar

Elizabeth A. Capaldi, A. D. Smith, Juliet L. Osborne et al. · Nature · 2000 · 332 citations

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The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight

Jacques A. Gauthier, Kevin Padian · Short Courses in Paleontology · 1989 · 332 citations

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Molecular evidence regarding the origin of echolocation and flight in bats

Emma C. Teeling, Mark Scally, Diana J. Kao et al. · Nature · 2000 · 302 citations

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The Natural History of Tsetse Flies

A. T. A. L., P. A. Buxton · Geographical Journal · 1956 · 250 citations

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Authors

245

  1. RD
    Robert Dudley

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 420 citations

    6

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  2. KP
    Kenneth P. Dial

    University of Montana, United States

    4 publications · 533 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. SP
    Stephen P. Yanoviak

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    4 publications · 414 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. AF
    Alan Feduccia

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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  5. SM
    Stephen M. Gatesy

    Brown University, United States

    3 publications · 405 citations

    3

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Institutions

132

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    39 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    402 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    131 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  6. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    621 citations

  7. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Arkansas at Little Rock

    Little Rock, United States

    3 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    4 publications · 662 citations

    4

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  2. Evolution

    4 publications · 483 citations

    4

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  3. Science

    3 publications · 826 citations

    3

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  4. Biology Letters

    2 publications · 88 citations

    2

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 49 citations

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