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Sea Turtle Evolution

Sea Turtle Evolution is a scientific theory that explains the phylogenetic development and adaptive diversification of chelonian reptiles in marine environments over geological time, distinguished from other reptilian evolutionary theories by its exclusive focus on the lineage, morphology, and fossil record of sea turtles.

386

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21.3K

Citations

1K

Authors

537

Institutions

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2017–2026

81

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Publications

386

The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

Zhuo Wang, Juan Pascual‐Anaya, Amonida Zadissa et al. · Nature Genetics · 2013 · 451 citations · Full text

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Sex Determination in Turtles: Diverse Patterns and Some Possible Adaptive Values

Michael A. Ewert, Craig E. Nelson · Copeia · 1991 · 392 citations

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Conservation and dynamics of microsatellite loci over 300 million years of marine turtle evolution.

Nancy N. FitzSimmons, Craig Moritz, S. S. Moore · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1995 · 382 citations · Full text

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An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

Chun Li, Xiao‐Chun Wu, Olivier Rieppel et al. · Nature · 2008 · 375 citations

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Phylogenetic Relationships of Mesozoic Turtles

Walter G. Joyce · Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History · 2007 · 374 citations

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Authors

1K

  1. HB
    H. Bradley Shaffer

    University of California, Davis, United States

    19 publications · 1.8K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. TM
    Torsten M. Scheyer

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    12 publications · 721 citations

    12

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  3. PQ
    Phillip Q. Spinks

    University of California, Davis, United States

    11 publications · 934 citations

    11

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  4. WG
    Walter G. Joyce

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    10 publications · 804 citations

    10

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  5. PA
    Peter A. Meylan

    Eckerd College, United States

    10 publications · 1.3K citations

    10

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Institutions

537

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    15 h-index

    41 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    14 h-index

    21 publications

    971 citations

  4. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    665 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    37 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    558 citations

  8. University of Fribourg

    Fribourg, Switzerland

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    467 citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    21 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Copeia

    16 publications · 928 citations

    15

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  3. Evolution

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    12

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  4. PLoS ONE

    10 publications · 440 citations

    10

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  5. PeerJ

    9 publications · 246 citations

    9

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