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Synapomorphy Analysis

Synapomorphy Analysis is a cladistic method that identifies shared derived morphological characteristics among taxa to infer evolutionary relationships by distinguishing homologous traits that originate in a common ancestor from those resulting from convergent evolution or plesiomorphy.

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679

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2017–2026

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Publications

278

Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths

Akito Y. Kawahara, David Plotkin, Marianne Espeland et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019 · 560 citations · Full text

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A Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and Genome Descriptions of Six New Beetles

Nathan C. Sheffield, Hojun Song, Stephen L. Cameron et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2008 · 271 citations · Full text

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Phylogeny of parasitic Platyhelminthes: a critical study of synapomorphies proposed on the basis of the ultrastructure of spermiogenesis and spermatozoa

Jean‐Lou Justine · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1991 · 228 citations

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The mitochondrial control region of Cervidae: evolutionary patterns and phylogenetic content

Emmanuel Douzery, Ettore Randi · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1997 · 195 citations · Full text

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Data exploration in phylogenetic inference: scientific, heuristic, or neither

Taran Grant, Arnold G. Kluge · Cladistics · 2003 · 186 citations · Full text

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Authors

679

  1. RG
    Rolf G. Beutel

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    6 publications · 247 citations

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  2. AG
    Arnold G. Kluge

    University of Michigan, United States

    5 publications · 514 citations

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  3. BG
    B. G. M. Jamieson

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    5 publications · 117 citations

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  4. JF
    Julián Faivovich

    Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, Argentina

    4 publications · 139 citations

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  5. CA
    Carol A. Furness

    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 127 citations

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Institutions

377

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    780 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    492 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1K citations

  6. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    685 citations

  7. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    536 citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    168 citations

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Venues

  1. Zootaxa

    19 publications · 430 citations

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  2. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    12 publications · 500 citations

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  3. Systematic Botany

    11 publications · 401 citations

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  4. Cladistics

    10 publications · 642 citations

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  5. Zoologica Scripta

    8 publications · 352 citations

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