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Mammalian Limb Evolution

Mammalian Limb Evolution is a theoretical framework within evolutionary biology that explains the morphological transformation and functional diversification of tetrapod limbs in mammalian lineages through adaptive, developmental, and genetic mechanisms distinct from those in other vertebrate clades.

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146

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2017–2026

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SERIAL HOMOLOGY AND THE EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIAN LIMB COVARIATION STRUCTURE

Nathan M. Young, Benedikt Hallgrímsson · Evolution · 2005 · 286 citations

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Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae)

Alison S. Whiting · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2003 · 210 citations

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Hind Limbs of Eocene <i>Basilosaurus:</i> Evidence of Feet in Whales

Philip D. Gingerich, B. Holly Smith, Elwyn L. Simons · Science · 1990 · 206 citations

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The hind limb step cycle of <i>Iguana</i> and primitive reptiles

Donald B. Brinkman · Journal of Zoology · 1981 · 173 citations

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Earliest Evolution of Multituberculate Mammals Revealed by a New Jurassic Fossil

Chong-Xi Yuan, Qiang Ji, Qingjin Meng et al. · Science · 2013 · 127 citations

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Authors

146

  1. KE
    Karen E. Sears

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    5 publications · 182 citations

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  2. NM
    Nathan M. Young

    University of Calgary, Canada

    2 publications · 335 citations

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  3. MS
    Martin S. Fischer

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    2 publications · 156 citations

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  4. QM
    Qingjin Meng

    Nanjing University, China

    2 publications · 196 citations

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  5. EM
    E. M. Kelly

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

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Institutions

105

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    325 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    358 citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    119 citations

  5. Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    113 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  7. Health Sciences Centre

    Winnipeg, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    670 citations

  8. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

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  1. Evolution

    7 publications · 646 citations

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  2. Science

    2 publications · 333 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 131 citations

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  5. Current Biology

    2 publications · 130 citations

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