OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Evolution & Development is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
What does modularity mean?	46
The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development, and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites	28
What can lycophytes teach us about plant evolution and development? Modern perspectives on an ancient lineage	27
Evolution of DELLA function and signaling in land plants	24
The evo‐devo of molluscs: Insights from a genomic perspective	19
Evolvability and evolutionary rescue	14
Inheritance of DNA methylation differences in the mangrove Rhizophora mangle	13
Thyroid hormone shapes craniofacial bones during postembryonic zebrafish development	11
Evolutionary rescue via transgenerational plasticity: Evidence and implications for conservation	11
Multiple roles for laccase2 in butterfly wing pigmentation, scale development, and cuticle tanning	10
Ephedra as a gymnosperm evo‐devo model lineage	10
Evolutionary developmental biology and sustainability: A biology of resilience	9
Maternal and larval niche construction interact to shape development, survival, and population divergence in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus	8
Tergal and pleural wing‐related tissues in the German cockroach and their implication to the evolutionary origin of insect wings	8
Changes in Nkx2.1, Sox2, Bmp4, and Bmp16 expression underlying the lung‐to‐gas bladder evolutionary transition in ray‐finned fishes	8
A fundamental developmental transition in Physcomitrium patens is regulated by evolutionarily conserved mechanisms	7
Disentangling the correlated evolution of body size, life history, and ontogeny in miniaturized chelydroid turtles	7
Teeth outside the mouth: The evolution and development of shark denticles	7
Recombination facilitates genetic assimilation of new traits in gene regulatory networks	6
Evidence for BMP‐mediated specification of primordial germ cells in an indirect‐developing hemichordate	6
Evolvability under climate change: Bone development and shape plasticity are heritable and correspond with performance in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)	6
A tale of two leeches: Toward the understanding of the evolution and development of behavioral neural circuits	6
Heterochrony and growth rate variation mediate the development of divergent genital morphologies in closely related Ohomopterus ground beetles	6
Comparative transcriptomics of a monocotyledonous geophyte reveals shared molecular mechanisms of underground storage organ formation	6
Spontaneous homeotic mutants and genetic control of floral organ identity in a ranunculid	6

Establishment of the novel bivalve body plan through modification of early developmental events in mollusks	6
All type II classic MADS‐box genes in the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii are broadly yet discretely expressed in vegetative and reproductive tissues	6
Comparative reconstruction of the predatory feeding structures of the polyphenic nematodePristionchus pacificus	5
Sex‐specific evolution of a Drosophila sensory system via interacting cis‐ and trans‐regulatory changes	5
Comparative analysis of corolla tube development across three closely related Mimulus species with different pollination syndromes	5
Burrowing constrains patterns of skull shape evolution in wrasses	5
The role of ontogenetic allometry and nonallometric flower shape variation in species‐level adaptive diversification – Calceolaria polyrhiza (Calceolariaceae) as a case study	5
Course‐based undergraduate research experiences (CURES) as a pathway to diversify science	5
Evolution of lbx spinal cord expression and function	4
Promises and limits of an agency perspective in evolutionary developmental biology	4
The role of heterotopy and heterochrony during morphological diversification of otocephalan epibranchial organs	4
Effects of the egg incubation environment on turtle carapace development	4
Regulation of the limb shape during the development of the Chinese softshell turtles	4
Transcriptomic similarities and differences between the limb bud AER and unique carapacial ridge of turtle embryos	4
Developing the genotype‐to‐phenotype relationship in evolutionary theory: A primer of developmental features	4
Emerging trends in the study of spiralian larvae	4
A detailed redescription of the mesoderm/neural crest cell boundary in the murine orbitotemporal region integrates the mammalian cranium into a pan‐amniote cranial configuration	4
Complex genetic architecture of three‐dimensional craniofacial shape variation in domestic pigeons	3
A cis‐regulatory change underlying the motor neuron‐specific loss of Ebf expression in immotile tunicate larvae	3
Size and shape regulation during larval growth in the lepidopteran Pieris brassicae	3
Integrative developmental biology in the age of anthropogenic change	3
Comparative ontogenetic and transcriptomic analyses shed light on color pattern divergence in cichlid fishes	3
A data‐driven framework to model the organism–environment system	3
Evolution and development of the mammalian jaw joint: Making a novel structure	3
Evolution of the therian face through complete loss of the premaxilla	2
Agential autonomy and biological individuality	2
Morphological and temporal variation in early embryogenesis contributes to species divergence in Malawi cichlid fishes	2
Agency in Reproduction	2
Whispers from vestigial nubbins: Arrested development provokes trait loss in toads	2
Modularity in the trilobite head consistent with the hypothesized segmental origin of the eyes	2
Evolution of Orthonectida body plan	2
Speciation and development	2
Size and shape regional differentiation during the development of the spine in the nine‐banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)	2
Niche construction and the environmental term of the price equation: How natural selection changes when organisms alter their environments	2
Direct observation of the evolution of cell‐type‐specific microRNA expression signatures supports the hematopoietic origin model of endothelial cells	2
Growth rate mediates hidden developmental plasticity of female yellow dung fly reproductive morphology in response to environmental stressors	2
Characterizing the genetic basis of trait evolution in the Mexican cavefish	2
Directional asymmetry and direction‐giving factors: Lessons from flowers with complex symmetry	2
Covariation of brain and skull shapes as a model to understand the role of crosstalk in development and evolution	2
The agential perspective: Countermapping the modern synthesis	2
Evolutionary modification of gastrulation in Parvulastra exigua, an asterinid seastar with holobenthic lecithotrophic development	1
Breaking constraints: The development and evolution of extreme fin morphology in the Bramidae	1
Feeding‐structure morphogenesis in “rhabditid” and diplogastrid nematodes is not controlled by a conserved genetic module	1
Within‐individual leaf allometry and the evolution of leaf morphology: A multilevel analysis of leaf allometry in temperateViburnum(Adoxaceae) species	1
Creating morphological diversity in reptilian temporal skull region: A review of potential developmental mechanisms	1
Ontogenetic trajectories and early shape differentiation of treehopper pronota (Hemiptera: Membracidae)	1
Conservation biology meets evo‐devo: How understanding the emergence of variation can inform its management	1
Collective behavior in relation with changing environments: Dynamics, modularity, and agency	1
Toward a universal measure of robustness across model organs and systems	1
Selection on genes associated with the evolution of divergent life histories: Gamete recognition or something else?	1

Testing heterochrony: Connecting skull shape ontogeny and evolution of feeding adaptations in baleen whales	1
Vertebrate cranial evolution: Contributions and conflict from the fossil record	1
Calvarial suture interdigitation in hadrosaurids (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda): Perspectives through ontogeny and evolution	1
Developmental and genomic insight into the origin of the tardigrade body plan	1
Developmental origins and homologies of the hyracoid dentition	1
Symmetry in graptolite zooids and tubaria (Pterobranchia, Hemichordata)	1