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Pelvic Girdle Evolution

Pelvic Girdle Evolution is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that identifies and analyzes the morphological transformations in the pelvic girdle across transitional fossil forms, distinguishing it by its focus on the structural adaptations associated with the transition from aquatic to terrestrial locomotion in vertebrate lineages.

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7.2K

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244

Authors

163

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2017–2026

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Publications

91

Adaptive Evolution of Pelvic Reduction in Sticklebacks by Recurrent Deletion of a <i>Pitx1</i> Enhancer

Yingguang Frank Chan, Melissa E. Marks, Felicity C. Jones et al. · Science · 2009 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Genetic and developmental basis of evolutionary pelvic reduction in threespine sticklebacks

Michael D. Shapiro, Melissa E. Marks, Catherine L. Peichel et al. · Nature · 2004 · 869 citations

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Ecology and evolution of sympatric sticklebacks (<i>Gasterosteus</i>): evidence for a species-pair in Paxton Lake, Texada Island, British Columbia

J. D. McPhail · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1992 · 233 citations

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Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur

Nizar Ibrahim, Paul C. Sereno, Cristiano Dal Sasso et al. · Science · 2014 · 230 citations · Full text

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DNA fragility in the parallel evolution of pelvic reduction in stickleback fish

Kathleen T. Xie, Guliang Wang, Abbey C Thompson et al. · Science · 2019 · 227 citations · Full text

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Authors

244

  1. MA
    Michael A. Bell

    Stony Brook University, United States

    8 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. BC
    Brian Choo

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  3. XY
    Xiaobo Yu

    Kean University, United States

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

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  4. LJ
    Liantao Jia

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  5. DM
    David M. Kingsley

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 2.2K citations

    3

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Institutions

163

  1. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    2K citations

  2. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    20 publications

    660 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    220 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    20 publications

    660 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    750 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    358 citations

  7. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    577 citations

  8. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    437 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 5 publications · 283 citations

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  2. Journal of Morphology

    4 publications · 131 citations

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  3. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 226 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 108 citations

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  5. Evolution

    3 publications · 319 citations

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