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Form-function Relationships

Form-Function Relationships is a theoretical construct in functional morphology that specifies the systematic correspondence between the structural configuration of biological forms and their associated physiological or biomechanical functions.

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2017–2026

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287

Functional morphology in vertebrate paleontology

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1.2K citations

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ADAPTATION AND THE FORM-FUNCTION COMPLEX

Walter J. Bock, Gerd von Wahlert · Evolution · 1965 · 642 citations

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Product modularity: Definitions and benefits

John Gershenson, G. J. Prasad, Y. Zhang · Journal of Engineering Design · 2003 · 517 citations

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Finite Element Analysis and Understanding the Biomechanics and Evolution of Living and Fossil Organisms

Emily J. Rayfield · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2007 · 475 citations

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Form Follows Function? Linking Morphological and Functional Polycentricity

Martijn Burger, Evert Meijers · Urban Studies · 2011 · 452 citations

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Authors

830

  1. PS
    Philip S. L. Anderson

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 158 citations

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  2. WJ
    Walter J. Bock

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 949 citations

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  3. JG
    John Gershenson

    Michigan Technological University, United States

    3 publications · 689 citations

    3

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  4. CG
    Carl Gans

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 167 citations

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  5. GJ
    G. J. Prasad

    Utah State University, United States

    3 publications · 689 citations

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Institutions

425

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    913 citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    31 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    680 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    493 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    601 citations

  7. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    519 citations

  8. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    713 citations

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Venues

  1. Integrative and Comparative Biology

    8 publications · 255 citations

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  2. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 7 publications · 210 citations

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  3. American Zoologist

    7 publications · 259 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 335 citations

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  5. Child Development

    6 publications · 210 citations

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