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Parallel Morphological Change

Parallel Morphological Change is a biological phenomenon in which distinct but related lineages independently evolve similar morphological traits as a result of adapting to comparable environmental conditions or selective pressures, despite their divergence from a common ancestor.

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Homoplasy: The Result of Natural Selection, or Evidence of Design Limitations?

David B. Wake · The American Naturalist · 1991 · 528 citations

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The Genetic Architecture of Parallel Armor Plate Reduction in Threespine Sticklebacks

Pamela F. Colosimo, Catherine L. Peichel, Kirsten S. Nereng et al. · PLoS Biology · 2004 · 405 citations · Full text

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One year of musical training affects development of auditory cortical-evoked fields in young children

Takako Fujioka · Brain · 2006 · 357 citations · Full text

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Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Morphology in the Social Amoebas

Pauline Schaap, Thomas Winckler, Michaela Nelson et al. · Science · 2006 · 282 citations · Full text

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The Lesser Apes-Evolutionary and Behavioural Biology.

Charles H. Southwick, Holger Preuschoft, David J. Chivers et al. · Evolution · 1985 · 221 citations

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Authors

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    Dean C. Adams

    Iowa State University, United States

    3 publications · 252 citations

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  2. SA
    Scott A. Schaefer

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    2 publications · 129 citations

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  3. TC
    Thomas C. Kane

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  4. DC
    David C. Culver

    American University, United States

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  5. RL
    Rex LePage

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    2 publications · 21 citations

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Institutions

179

  1. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    303 citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    530 citations

  3. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    127 citations

  4. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    162 citations

  5. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    63 citations

  8. University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    49 citations

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  1. Evolution

    10 publications · 783 citations

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  2. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    3 publications · 108 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 92 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 300 citations

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  5. BMC Evolutionary Biology

    3 publications · 210 citations

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