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Universal Common Ancestry

Universal Common Ancestry is a scientific theory positing that all extant and extinct organisms on Earth share a single common ancestor from which all life has descended through evolutionary processes.

263

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16.4K

Citations

941

Authors

458

Institutions

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2017–2026

59

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Publications

263

Unraveling ancient hexaploidy through multiply-aligned angiosperm gene maps

Haibao Tang, Xiyin Wang, John Bowers et al. · Genome Research · 2008 · 712 citations · Full text

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New insights into the Tyrolean Iceman's origin and phenotype as inferred by whole-genome sequencing

Andreas Keller, Angela Graefen, Markus Ball et al. · Nature Communications · 2012 · 462 citations · Full text

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On the origin of genomes and cells within inorganic compartments

Eugene V. Koonin, William Martin · Trends in Genetics · 2005 · 410 citations · Full text

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A recent common ancestry for human Y chromosomes

Michael F. Hammer · Nature · 1995 · 372 citations

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The Evolution of Human Hearing

Bruce Masterton, Henry E. Heffner, Richard Ravizza · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1969 · 336 citations

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Authors

941

  1. MD
    Massimo Di Giulio

    Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Italy

    6 publications · 354 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. AD
    Aaron D. Goldman

    Oberlin College, United States

    5 publications · 193 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. DS
    Dan S. Tawfik

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

    4 publications · 266 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. ES
    Elliott Sober

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 150 citations

    3

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  5. WN
    Wolfgang Nitschke

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 280 citations

    3

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Institutions

458

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    3.3K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  4. Institute of Genetics and Biophysics

    Naples, Italy

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    336 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    544 citations

  6. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

    Den Burg, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Blue Marble Space

    Seattle, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    185 citations

  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    606 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 12 publications · 1.4K citations

    12

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 176 citations

    7

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  3. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 282 citations

    7

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  4. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 6 publications · 654 citations

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  5. Journal of Theoretical Biology

    6 publications · 412 citations

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