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Trait Macroevolution

Trait Macroevolution is a theoretical framework within evolutionary biology that explains the large-scale, long-term patterns of phenotypic change across clades by integrating developmental, genetic, and ecological mechanisms to account for the origin and diversification of complex traits over macroevolutionary timescales.

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382

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2017–2026

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Publications

152

The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme

Stephen Jay Gould, Richard C Lewontin · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1979 · 7.8K citations

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On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection.

Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace · Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London Zoology · 1858 · 862 citations · Full text

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Phenotypic integration: studying the ecology and evolution of complex phenotypes

Massimo Pigliucci · Ecology Letters · 2003 · 815 citations · Full text

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The evolutionary origin of complex features

Richard E. Lenski, Charles Ofria, Robert T. Pennock et al. · Nature · 2003 · 763 citations

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The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Polymorphisms

Richard C Lewontin, Ken-Ichi Kojima · Evolution · 1960 · 430 citations

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Authors

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  1. GH
    Gavin H. Thomas

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 362 citations

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  2. DJ
    David Jablonski

    University of Chicago, United States

    5 publications · 795 citations

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  3. CR
    Christopher R. Cooney

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 97 citations

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  4. EC
    Emma C. Hughes

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 97 citations

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  5. ZK
    Zoë K. Varley

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 97 citations

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Institutions

219

  1. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    894 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    2K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    276 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    16.1K citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    2K citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    4.4K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    325 citations

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  1. Evolution

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 8 publications · 534 citations

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  4. Systematic Biology

    6 publications · 525 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 5 publications · 233 citations

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