Evolution & Development

Papers
(The TQCC of Evolution & Development is 4. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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Old hypotheses and theories at the heart of current evo‐devo research22
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Developmental and environmental plasticity in opsin gene expression in Lake Victoria cichlid fish18
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Complex ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in a female‐larger gecko: Implications of determinate growth for lizard body size and life‐history evolution13
Exceptionally Preserved Setae: A Possible Morphological Synapomorphy of Cambrian Lophotrochozoans12
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Comparative Embryology and Transcriptomics of Asellus infernus, an Isopod Crustacean From Sulfidic Groundwater11
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Covariation of brain and skull shapes as a model to understand the role of crosstalk in development and evolution11
Monopodial and Sympodial Growth Modes in the Colonial Graptolithina (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia)10
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Sex‐specific evolution of a Drosophila sensory system via interacting cis‐ and tran9
Heterochrony and Oophagy Underlie the Evolution of Giant Filter‐Feeding Lamniform Sharks9
Conserved Gene Expression Plasticity in Development Is More Pervasive Than Expression Divergence Between Species of Caenorhabditis Nematodes9
Plasticity as a Sign of Developmental Bias in the Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks8
DNA methylation reprogramming in teleosts8
Comparative reconstruction of the predatory feeding structures of the polyphenic nematode Pristionchus pacificus8
Asynchronized cell division in embryo‐like fossils from the Ediacaran Zhenba microfossil assemblage8
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Vertebrate cranial evolution: Contributions and conflict from the fossil record7
Modularity in the trilobite head consistent with the hypothesized segmental origin of the eyes7
Paired fins in vertebrate evolution and ontogeny7
Testing heterochrony: Connecting skull shape ontogeny and evolution of feeding adaptations in baleen whales7
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The Body Size and Fitness Match and Its Variability in Plastic Response to Temperature6
The role of heterotopy and heterochrony during morphological diversification of otocephalan epibranchial organs6
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Ontogenetic Mechanisms of Differentiation in Two Salvia Species With Different Pollinators5
Eye development influences horn size but not patterning in horned beetles5
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A detailed redescription of the mesoderm/neural crest cell boundary in the murine orbitotemporal region integrates the mammalian cranium into a pan‐amniote cranial configuration5
Direct observation of the evolution of cell‐type‐specific microRNA expression signatures supports the hematopoietic origin model of endothelial cells5
A new motile animal with implications for the evolution of axial polarity from the Ediacaran of South Australia4
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Allometric Changes Across Horseshoe Crab Moults Evidence Developmentally Controlled Ecological Shifts and Possible Exoskeletal Modularity4
Evolution of Orthonectida body plan4
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