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Whale Evolution

Whale Evolution is a scientific theory that explains the morphological and phylogenetic transition of cetaceans from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors to fully aquatic forms, as evidenced by a well-documented sequence of transitional fossils.

617

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36.1K

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1.7K

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786

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2017–2026

138

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Publications

617

The influence of parental relatedness on reproductive success

William Amos, Jessica Worthington Wilmer, K. J. Fullard et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2001 · 574 citations · Full text

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Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals

Andrew D. Foote, Yue Liu, Gregg W.C. Thomas et al. · Nature Genetics · 2015 · 498 citations · Full text

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Phylogenetic relationships among cetartiodactyls based on insertions of short and long interpersed elements: Hippopotamuses are the closest extant relatives of whales

Masato Nikaido, Alejandro P. Rooney, Norihiro Okada · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 427 citations

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Molecular evidence from retroposons that whales form a clade within even-toed ungulates

Mitsuru Shimamura, Hiroshi Yasue, Kazuhiko Ohshima et al. · Nature · 1997 · 404 citations

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Radiation of Extant Cetaceans Driven by Restructuring of the Oceans

Mette Elstrup Steeman, Martin B. Hebsgaard, R. Ewan Fordyce et al. · Systematic Biology · 2009 · 397 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.7K

  1. RE
    R. Ewan Fordyce

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    26 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. FG
    Felix G. Marx

    Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

    18

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  3. OL
    Olivier Lambert

    Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  4. GB
    Giovanni Bianucci

    University of Pisa, Italy

    20 publications · 1K citations

    17

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  5. ND
    Nicholas D. Pyenson

    National Museum of Natural History, United States

    16 publications · 723 citations

    15

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Institutions

786

  1. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    26 h-index

    56 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    24 h-index

    45 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    23 h-index

    42 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Institute of Natural Sciences

    Brussels, Belgium

    23 h-index

    43 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    20 h-index

    64 publications

    4.6K citations

  6. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center

    La Jolla, United States

    20 h-index

    56 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    19 h-index

    58 publications

    6K citations

  8. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. Marine Mammal Science

    30 publications · 870 citations

    18

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  2. Journal of Mammalogy

    JM · 20 publications · 469 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    17 publications · 922 citations

    15

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  4. Biology Letters

    14 publications · 833 citations

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