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Paleognath Evolution

Paleognath Evolution is a theoretical construct within avian paleontology that delineates the phylogenetic and morphological diversification of paleognathous birds, distinguished by the retention and modification of ancestral cranial architecture, particularly the primitive palatal morphology, throughout their evolutionary history.

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295

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180

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2017–2026

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Convergent regulatory evolution and loss of flight in paleognathous birds

Timothy B. Sackton, Phil Grayson, Alison Cloutier et al. · Science · 2019 · 292 citations · Full text

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Regressive Evolution in the Mexican Cave Tetra, Astyanax mexicanus

Meredith Protas, Melissa D. Conrad, Joshua B. Gross et al. · Current Biology · 2007 · 277 citations · Full text

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From the Old World to the New World: A Molecular Chronicle of the Phylogeny and Biogeography of Hystricognath Rodents

Dorothée Huchon, Emmanuel Douzery · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2001 · 243 citations

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The first skull and other new discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis at Hadar, Ethiopia

William H. Kimbel, Donald C. Johanson, Yoel Rak · Nature · 1994 · 200 citations

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Acanthodes and shark-like conditions in the last common ancestor of modern gnathostomes

Samuel P. Davis, John A. Finarelli, Michael I. Coates · Nature · 2012 · 189 citations

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Authors

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  1. ZZ
    Zhonghe Zhou

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    6 publications · 441 citations

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  2. JK
    Jingmai K. O’Connor

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    4 publications · 188 citations

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  3. SV
    Scott V. Edwards

    Harvard University, United States

    3 publications · 431 citations

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  4. JA
    Julia A. Clarke

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 341 citations

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  5. LM
    Luis M. Chiappe

    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, United States

    3 publications · 173 citations

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Institutions

180

  1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    924 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    690 citations

  3. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    534 citations

  4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    489 citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    585 citations

  6. Royal Ontario Museum

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    583 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    322 citations

  8. Natural History Museum Aarhus

    Aarhus, Denmark

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    558 citations

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  1. Science

    7 publications · 864 citations

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  2. Nature

    6 publications · 509 citations

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  3. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 6 publications · 240 citations

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  4. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 4 publications · 280 citations

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