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Limb Function Evolution

Limb Function Evolution is a biological theory that explains the adaptive transformation of limb morphology and biomechanics in response to selective pressures associated with different locomotor environments and behavioral demands across evolutionary time.

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144

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2017–2026

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Publications

53

Progressive Loss of Function in a Limb Enhancer during Snake Evolution

Evgeny Z. Kvon, Olga K. Kamneva, Uirá Souto Melo et al. · Cell · 2016 · 381 citations · Full text

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Tetrapod Limblessness: Evolution and Functional Corollaries

Carl Gans · American Zoologist · 1975 · 349 citations

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Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins

Katherine K. Whitcome, Liza J. Shapiro, Daniel E. Lieberman · Nature · 2007 · 290 citations · Full text

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EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS OF LIMB LOSS IN TETRAPODS

Russell Lande · Evolution · 1978 · 236 citations

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Knuckle-Walking and the Problem of Human Origins

Russell H. Tuttle · Science · 1969 · 171 citations

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Authors

144

  1. KM
    Kevin M. Middleton

    University of Missouri, United States

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  2. SE
    Stephanie E. Pierce

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 133 citations

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  3. JM
    Júlia Molnár

    Howard University, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  4. DL
    Daniel L. Gebo

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    2 publications · 123 citations

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  5. PA
    Peter Aerts

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    2 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

79

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    429 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    443 citations

  3. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    134 citations

  4. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    244 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    63 citations

  6. New York Institute of Technology

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  7. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    123 citations

  8. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 127 citations

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  2. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

    3 publications · 120 citations

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  3. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 3 publications · 212 citations

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  4. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  5. Evolution

    2 publications · 354 citations

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