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Jaw Evolution

Jaw Evolution is a theoretical framework within vertebrate evolutionary biology that elucidates the morphological and developmental transformations underlying the origin and diversification of vertebrate jaws from ancestral gill arch structures.

658

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36.4K

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1.4K

Authors

633

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2017–2026

134

Parents

Publications

658

Evolutionary Strategies and Morphological Innovations: Cichlid Pharyngeal Jaws

Karel F. Liem · Systematic Zoology · 1973 · 689 citations

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Many-to-One Mapping of Form to Function: A General Principle in Organismal Design?

Peter C. Wainwright · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2005 · 480 citations · Full text

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Agnathans and the origin of jawed vertebrates

Peter L. Forey, Philippe Janvier · Nature · 1993 · 388 citations

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Fish Skulls: A Study of the Evolution of Natural Mechanisms

Alfred Sherwood Romer, William K. Gregory · Copeia · 1933 · 360 citations

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Directional selection has shaped the oral jaws of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

R. Craig Albertson, J. Todd Streelman, Thomas D. Kocher · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 359 citations

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Authors

1.4K

  1. PC
    Peter C. Wainwright

    University of California, Davis, United States

    21 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. CD
    C. Darrin Hulsey

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

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  3. RC
    R. Craig Albertson

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. MF
    Matt Friedman

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 670 citations

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  5. PC
    Philip C. J. Donoghue

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 596 citations

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Institutions

633

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    23 h-index

    45 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    63 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    65 publications

    3.6K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    21 h-index

    52 publications

    6.1K citations

  5. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    51 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    18 h-index

    43 publications

    3.6K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    50 publications

    3.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Morphology

    39 publications · 2K citations

    26

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  2. Evolution

    26 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    22 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 20 publications · 997 citations

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  5. Science

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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