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Key Innovations

Key Innovations is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that refers to the emergence of novel traits or adaptations that confer a significant selective advantage, thereby enabling lineages to exploit new ecological niches and drive disproportionate diversification compared to sister lineages lacking such traits.

421

Publications

29.5K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

769

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

169

Variants

Key Evolutionary Innovations

Parents

Publications

421

Automatic Detection of Key Innovations, Rate Shifts, and Diversity-Dependence on Phylogenetic Trees

Daniel L. Rabosky · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Zachary D. Blount, Christina Z. Borland, Richard E. Lenski · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 881 citations

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Gene Synthesis Machines: DNA Chemistry and Its Uses

Marvin H. Caruthers · Science · 1985 · 791 citations

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Lessons from the Netflix prize challenge

Robert M. Bell, Yehuda Koren · ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter · 2007 · 723 citations

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Exploitative and exploratory innovations in knowledge network and collaboration network: A patent analysis in the technological field of nano-energy

Jiancheng Guan, Na Liu · Research Policy · 2015 · 696 citations

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Authors

1.6K

  1. MC
    Mario Coccia

    National Research Council, Italy

    3 publications · 255 citations

    3

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  2. MJ
    Michael J. Donoghue

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 701 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. RE
    Richard E. Lenski

    Michigan State University, United States

    3 publications · 1.5K citations

    3

    h-index

  4. KL
    Katerina L. Zapfe

    Clemson University, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  5. SM
    Steven M. Vamosi

    University of Calgary, Canada

    2 publications · 130 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

769

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    41 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    4.2K citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    5.4K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    651 citations

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Venues

  1. 13

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  2. Evolution

    12 publications · 978 citations

    11

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 10 publications · 1.2K citations

    10

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 8 publications · 2.2K citations

    8

    h-index

  5. Science

    7 publications · 1.9K citations

    7

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