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Insect Origin Of Flight

Insect Origin of Flight is a scientific theory that explains the evolutionary emergence and developmental mechanisms of flight in insects, distinguishing itself from other entomological theories by focusing specifically on the morphological, ecological, and genetic factors underlying the acquisition of powered flight in the earliest insect lineages.

48

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6.5K

Citations

220

Authors

124

Institutions

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2017–2026

4

Variants

Evolution Of Insect Flight

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Publications

48

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

Bernhard Misof, Shanlin Liu, Karen Meusemann et al. · Science · 2014 · 2.8K citations

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Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior

Pauline O. Lawrence · Florida Entomologist · 2002 · 516 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 Influence of Atmospheric Structure and Motions on Insect Migration

V. A. Drake, R. A. Farrow · Annual Review of Entomology · 1988 · 315 citations · Full text

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The evolutionary history of Drosophila buzzatii

Horacio Naveira, Antonio Fontdevila · Chromosoma · 1985 · 198 citations

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Authors

220

  1. RH
    Rasmus Hovmöller

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    2 publications · 133 citations

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  2. SS
    Sabrina Simon

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    2 publications · 148 citations

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  3. KM
    Karen Meusemann

    Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Germany

    2 publications · 2.9K citations

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  4. AB
    Alexander Blanke

    Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Germany

    2 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. DR
    Don R. Reynolds

    University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 380 citations

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Institutions

124

  1. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    3K citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    343 citations

  3. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  4. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    197 citations

  5. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    273 citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    323 citations

  8. University of Arkansas at Little Rock

    Little Rock, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    198 citations

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Venues

  1. Science

    4 publications · 3K citations

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  2. Nature

    4 publications · 569 citations

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  3. Integrative and Comparative Biology

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  4. Florida Entomologist

    2 publications · 534 citations

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  5. Cladistics

    2 publications · 133 citations

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