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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
What does modularity mean?	58
Evolution of DELLA function and signaling in land plants	30
Evolvability and evolutionary rescue	16
Evolutionary rescue via transgenerational plasticity: Evidence and implications for conservation	13
Inheritance of DNA methylation differences in the mangroveRhizophora mangle	13
Thyroid hormone shapes craniofacial bones during postembryonic zebrafish development	13
Ephedra as a gymnosperm evo‐devo model lineage	11
A fundamental developmental transition in Physcomitrium patens is regulated by evolutionarily conserved mechanisms	11
Evolutionary developmental biology and sustainability: A biology of resilience	11
Comparative transcriptomics of a monocotyledonous geophyte reveals shared molecular mechanisms of underground storage organ formation	9
Teeth outside the mouth: The evolution and development of shark denticles	9
Tergal and pleural wing‐related tissues in the German cockroach and their implication to the evolutionary origin of insect wings	9
Heterochrony and growth rate variation mediate the development of divergent genital morphologies in closely related Ohomopterus ground beetles	8
Morphological and temporal variation in early embryogenesis contributes to species divergence in Malawi cichlid fishes	8
A tale of two leeches: Toward the understanding of the evolution and development of behavioral neural circuits	8
Recombination facilitates genetic assimilation of new traits in gene regulatory networks	8
Burrowing constrains patterns of skull shape evolution in wrasses	7
The agential perspective: Countermapping the modern synthesis	7
Disentangling the correlated evolution of body size, life history, and ontogeny in miniaturized chelydroid turtles	7
Course‐based undergraduate research experiences (CURES) as a pathway to diversify science	7
All type II classic MADS‐box genes in the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii are broadly yet discretely expressed in vegetative and reproductive tissues	7
Evidence for BMP‐mediated specification of primordial germ cells in an indirect‐developing hemichordate	7
Evolvability under climate change: Bone development and shape plasticity are heritable and correspond with performance in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)	7
Emerging trends in the study of spiralian larvae	6
Spontaneous homeotic mutants and genetic control of floral organ identity in a ranunculid	6

Comparative analysis of corolla tube development across three closely related Mimulus species with different pollination syndromes	6
Comparative reconstruction of the predatory feeding structures of the polyphenic nematodePristionchus pacificus	6
Sex‐specific evolution of a Drosophila sensory system via interacting cis‐ and trans‐regulatory changes	6
Effects of the egg incubation environment on turtle carapace development	5
The role of ontogenetic allometry and nonallometric flower shape variation in species‐level adaptive diversification – Calceolaria polyrhiza (Calceolariaceae) as a case study	5
Covariation of brain and skull shapes as a model to understand the role of crosstalk in development and evolution	5
Promises and limits of an agency perspective in evolutionary developmental biology	5
Characterizing the genetic basis of trait evolution in the Mexican cavefish	5
Evolution and development of the mammalian jaw joint: Making a novel structure	5
Evolution of lbx spinal cord expression and function	5
Speciation and development	5
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	5
Developing the genotype‐to‐phenotype relationship in evolutionary theory: A primer of developmental features	4
The role of heterotopy and heterochrony during morphological diversification of otocephalan epibranchial organs	4
Size and shape regulation during larval growth in the lepidopteranPieris brassicae	4
Comparative ontogenetic and transcriptomic analyses shed light on color pattern divergence in cichlid fishes	4
Agency in Reproduction	4
A cis‐regulatory change underlying the motor neuron‐specific loss of Ebf expression in immotile tunicate larvae	3
Evolution of Orthonectida body plan	3
Complex genetic architecture of three‐dimensional craniofacial shape variation in domestic pigeons	3
Integrative developmental biology in the age of anthropogenic change	3
Niche construction and the environmental term of the price equation: How natural selection changes when organisms alter their environments	3
Feeding‐structure morphogenesis in “rhabditid” and diplogastrid nematodes is not controlled by a conserved genetic module	3
Directional asymmetry and direction‐giving factors: Lessons from flowers with complex symmetry	3
A plurality of morphological characters need not equate with phylogenetic accuracy: A rare genomic change refutes the placement of Solifugae and Pseudoscorpiones in Haplocnemata	3
Modularity in the trilobite head consistent with the hypothesized segmental origin of the eyes	3
Size and shape regional differentiation during the development of the spine in the nine‐banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)	3
A data‐driven framework to model the organism–environment system	3
Bone calcification rate as a factor of craniofacial transformations in salmonid fish: Insights from an experiment with hormonal treatment of calcium metabolism	2
Growth rate mediates hidden developmental plasticity of female yellow dung fly reproductive morphology in response to environmental stressors	2
Breaking the constraint on the number of cervical vertebrae in mammals: On homeotic transformations in lorises and pottos	2
Vertebrate cranial evolution: Contributions and conflict from the fossil record	2
Ontogenetic trajectories and early shape differentiation of treehopper pronota (Hemiptera: Membracidae)	2
Agential autonomy and biological individuality	2
Direct observation of the evolution of cell‐type‐specific microRNA expression signatures supports the hematopoietic origin model of endothelial cells	2
Evolution of the therian face through complete loss of the premaxilla	2
Breaking constraints: The development and evolution of extreme fin morphology in the Bramidae	2
Developmental and genomic insight into the origin of the tardigrade body plan	2
Symmetry in graptolite zooids and tubaria (Pterobranchia, Hemichordata)	2
Collective behavior in relation with changing environments: Dynamics, modularity, and agency	1
Asynchronized cell division in embryo‐like fossils from the Ediacaran Zhenba microfossil assemblage	1
Agency in living systems	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
The gastropod Lottia peitaihoensis as a model to study the body patterning of trochophore larvae	1
Standing genetic variation as a potential mechanism of novel cave phenotype evolution in the freshwater isopod, Asellus aquaticus	1
Calvarial suture interdigitation in hadrosaurids (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda): Perspectives through ontogeny and evolution	1
A description of the bat star nervous system throughout larval ontogeny	1
Toward a universal measure of robustness across model organs and systems	1
Developmental and environmental plasticity in opsin gene expression in Lake Victoria cichlid fish	1

Conservation biology meets evo‐devo: How understanding the emergence of variation can inform its management	1
The evolution of cnidarian stinging cells supports a Precambrian radiation of animal predators	1
Evolutionary origin of the nervous system from Ctenophora prospective	1
Phoronida—A small clade with a big role in understanding the evolution of lophophorates	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
Evolutionary modification of gastrulation in Parvulastra exigua, an asterinid seastar with holobenthic lecithotrophic development	1