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Phylogenetic Character Optimization

Phylogenetic Character Optimization is the analytical procedure within morphological systematics that infers the evolutionary trajectories of character states across a phylogenetic tree by mapping observed trait variations onto hypothesized lineage relationships to determine the most parsimonious or probabilistically favored distribution of ancestral states.

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115

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83

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2017–2026

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Character Optimization

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Publications

45

OPTIMIZATION ALIGNMENT: THE END OF MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT IN PHYLOGENETICS?

Ward C. Wheeler · Cladistics · 1996 · 567 citations

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OPTIMIZATION ALIGNMENT: THE END OF MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT IN PHYLOGENETICS?

Ward C. Wheeler · Cladistics · 1996 · 523 citations

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The Evolution of Body Size, Cope's Rule and the Origin of Amniotes

Michel Laurin · Systematic Biology · 2004 · 312 citations

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The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics

Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte, Marcello Ruta et al. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2010 · 257 citations · Full text

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Sizing the Jurassic theropod dinosaur <i>Allosaurus</i>: Assessing growth strategy and evolution of ontogenetic scaling of limbs

Paul J. Bybee, Andrew H. Lee, Ellen‐Thérèse Lamm · Journal of Morphology · 2005 · 127 citations

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Authors

115

  1. WC
    Ward C. Wheeler

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. PG
    Philippe Grandcolas

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  3. DS
    David S. Gladstein

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  4. EA
    Elisabeth A. Herniou

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  5. CL
    Carlos López‐Vaamonde

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 65 citations

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Institutions

83

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    747 citations

  3. Rijksmuseum

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    310 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    121 citations

  5. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    449 citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    331 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

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Venues

  1. Cladistics

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. American Journal of Botany

    3 publications · 100 citations

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  3. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 3 publications · 105 citations

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  4. Systematic Biology

    2 publications · 438 citations

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  5. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    2 publications · 324 citations

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