Integrative and Comparative Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Integrative and Comparative Biology is 7. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Epigenetic Responses to Temperature and Climate57
What Defines Different Modes of Snake Locomotion?45
On the Use of Blood Samples for Measuring DNA Methylation in Ecological Epigenetic Studies42
Melanosome Biogenesis in the Pigmentation of Mammalian Skin42
Pervasiveness of Biological Impacts of Artificial Light at Night42
Light at Night and Disrupted Circadian Rhythms Alter Physiology and Behavior35
Melanin Transfer and Fate within Keratinocytes in Human Skin Pigmentation33
Trade-offs, Pleiotropy, and Shared Molecular Pathways: A Unified View of Constraints on Adaptation31
Perspectives on Individual Animal Identification from Biology and Computer Vision30
Plant Movements as Concept Generators for the Development of Biomimetic Compliant Mechanisms29
Circulation in Insect Wings29
Exploring the Potential of 3D-printing in Biological Education: A Review of the Literature27
Functional Tradeoffs Carry Phenotypes Across the Valley of the Shadow of Death25
Bumblebees Use Sequential Scanning of Countable Items in Visual Patterns to Solve Numerosity Tasks25
Breed Differences in Dog Cognition Associated with Brain-Expressed Genes and Neurological Functions24
Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics23
Inertial Tail Effects during Righting of Squirrels in Unexpected Falls: From Behavior to Robotics23
Sex Differences and the Neuroendocrine Regulation of Seasonal Reproduction by Supplementary Environmental Cues22
Dopamine Modulation of Motor and Sensory Cortical Plasticity among Vertebrates22
Rapid Epigenetic Adaptation in Animals and Its Role in Invasiveness22
Mechanical Ecology—Taking Biomechanics to the Field21
Linking Antarctic krill larval supply and recruitment along the Antarctic Peninsula20
Artificial Intelligence for Biology20
Impact of Different Wavelengths of Artificial Light at Night on Phototaxis in Aquatic Insects20
Bene“fit” Assessment in Pollination Coevolution: Mechanistic Perspectives on Hummingbird Bill–Flower Matching19
Quantifying Glucocorticoid Plasticity Using Reaction Norm Approaches: There Still is So Much to Discover!19
Rapid Shifts in the Temperature Dependence of Locomotor Performance in an Invasive Frog,Xenopus laevis, Implications for Conservation18
Direct and Ambient Light Pollution Alters Recruitment for a Diurnal Plant–Pollinator System17
Design of Tree-Frog-Inspired Adhesives17
Neuroendocrinology of Sex-Role Reversal17
Metachronal Motion across Scales: Current Challenges and Future Directions17
Recognizing Salinity Threats in the Climate Crisis16
“Simple” Biomechanical Model for Ants Reveals How Correlated Evolution among Body Segments Minimizes Variation in Center of Mass as Heads Get Larger16
Climate Change and Companion Animals: Identifying Links and Opportunities for Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies14
Effects of Reynolds Number and Distribution on Passive Flow Control in Owl-Inspired Leading-Edge Serrations14
The Dental Lamina: An Essential Structure for Perpetual Tooth Regeneration in Sharks14
A Review and Assessment of the Shared-Pathway Hypothesis for the Maintenance of Signal Honesty in Red Ketocarotenoid-Based Coloration14
Do Epigenetic Changes Drive Corticosterone Responses to Alarm Cues in Larvae of an Invasive Amphibian?14
Metachronal Swimming of Mantis Shrimp: Kinematics and Interpleopod Vortex Interactions14
White Paper: An Integrated Perspective on the Causes of Hypometric Metabolic Scaling in Animals14
The Invasion of the Land in Deep Time: Integrating Paleozoic Records of Paleobiology, Ichnology, Sedimentology, and Geomorphology14
It Takes Two to Tango: Including a Female Perspective in Reproductive Biology14
The Diversity of Photosensitivity and its Implications for Light Pollution13
Mechanisms for Mid-Air Reorientation Using Tail Rotation in Gliding Geckos13
The Centrality of Ancestral Grandmothering in Human Evolution13
Anthropogenic Change Alters Ecological Relationships via Interactive Changes in Stress Physiology and Behavior within and among Organisms13
Highly Contiguous Genomes Improve the Understanding of Avian Olfactory Receptor Repertoires13
Stress, Adaptation, and the Deep Genome: Why Transposons Matter13
Locomotion and Energetics of Divergent Foraging Strategies in Hummingbirds: A Review13
Form and Function of the Caudal Fin Throughout the Phylogeny of Fishes13
Reproduction Within a Hierarchical Society from a Female’s Perspective13
Evolution of the Unique Anuran Pelvic and Hind limb Skeleton in Relation to Microhabitat, Locomotor Mode, and Jump Performance13
Internal State: Dynamic, Interconnected Communication Loops Distributed Across Body, Brain, and Time12
Closer Appendage Spacing Augments Metachronal Swimming Speed by Promoting Tip Vortex Interactions12
Intraspecific and Interspecific Attachment between Cohabitant Dogs and Human Caregivers12
The Role of the Tail or Lack Thereof in the Evolution of Tetrapod Aquatic Propulsion12
Tails, Flails, and Sails: How Appendages Improve Terrestrial Maneuverability by Improving Stability12
Epigenetic Potential in Native and Introduced Populations of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)12
Recommendations for Advancing Genome to Phenome Research in Non-Model Organisms12
The Costs and Benefits of Environmental Memory for Reef-Building Corals Coping with Recurring Marine Heatwaves12
Facultatively Sidewinding Snakes and the Origins of Locomotor Specialization12
What is Known—and not Known—About Acoustic Communication in an Urban Soundscape12
Tail Control Enhances Gliding in Arboreal Lizards: An Integrative Study Using a 3D Geometric Model and Numerical Simulation12
Repeated Genetic Targets of Natural Selection Underlying Adaptation of Fishes to Changing Salinity11
Can Morphology Predict the Conservation Status of Iguanian Lizards?11
Strategies of Invertebrate Osmoregulation: An Evolutionary Blueprint for Transmuting into Fresh Water from the Sea11
The Comparative Approach to Bio-Inspired Design: Integrating Biodiversity and Biologists into the Design Process11
Adding Nuance to Our Understanding of Dog–Wildlife Interactions and the Need for Management11
The Stabilizing Function of the Tail During Arboreal Quadrupedalism11
Cognitive Phenotype and Differential Gene Expression in a Hippocampal Homologue in Two Species of Frog11
Functional Morphology of Gliding Flight II. Morphology Follows Predictions of Gliding Performance11
Connected While Distant: Networking CUREs Across Classrooms to Create Community and Empower Students11
Effects of Ocean Warming on the Underexplored Members of the Coral Microbiome11
The Primacy of Maternal Innovations to the Evolution of Embryo Implantation11
Simulation-Based Evaluation of Methods, Data Types, and Temporal Sampling Schemes for Detecting Recent Population Declines11
The Promises and the Challenges of Integrating Multi-Omics and Systems Biology in Comparative Stress Biology11
Epigenetics of Animal Personality: DNA Methylation Cannot Explain the Heritability of Exploratory Behavior in a Songbird11
Metachronal Swimming with Flexible Legs: A Kinematics Analysis of the Midwater Polychaete Tomopteris11
Comparative study of snake lateral undulation kinematics in model heterogeneous terrain11
Developmental Nutrition Affects the Structural Integrity of a Sexually Selected Weapon10
A New Perspective on Female-to-Male Communication in Salamander Courtship10
The Role of Stochasticity in the Origin of Epigenetic Variation in Animal Populations10
Evolution of the Dentition in Holocephalans (Chondrichthyes) Through Tissue Disparity10
Large Diversity in Nitrogen- and Sulfur-Containing Compatible Solute Profiles in Polar and Temperate Diatoms10
Modeling escape success in terrestrial predator–prey interactions10
Androgen Receptor Modulates Multimodal Displays in the Bornean Rock Frog (Staurois parvus)10
Feather, But Not Plasma, Glucocorticoid Response to Artificial Light at Night Differs between Urban and Forest Blue Tit Nestlings10
Reconsidering the Oxygen–Temperature Hypothesis of Polar Gigantism: Successes, Failures, and Nuance10
Oxygenation-Controlled Collective Dynamics in Aquatic Worm Blobs10
Hydrodynamic Simulations of the Performance Landscape for Suction-Feeding Fishes Reveal Multiple Peaks for Different Prey Types10
Help Me, Symbionts, You're My Only Hope: Approaches to Accelerate our Understanding of Coral Holobiont Interactions10
The Pace of Life: Metabolic Energy, Biological Time, and Life History10
Grand Challenges in Comparative Tooth Biology10
Tail Length Evolution in Deer Mice: Linking Morphology, Behavior, and Function10
Every Rule Has an Exception: a Cheater in the Community-Wide Mutualism in Antarctic Seaweed Forests10
Effects of Artificial Light at Night on Avian Provisioning, Corticosterone, and Reproductive Success10
Functional Morphology of Gliding Flight I: Modeling Reveals Distinct Performance Landscapes Based on Soaring Strategies10
The Physiological Conundrum That is the Domestic Dog9
Size-Dependent Scaling of Stingless Bee Flight Metabolism Reveals an Energetic Benefit to Small Body Size9
Ways that Animal Wings Produce Sound9
Functional Adaptations in the Forelimb of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)9
Spatiotemporal Asymmetry in Metachronal Rowing at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers9
Universal Features in Panarthropod Inter-Limb Coordination during Forward Walking9
Coping With Urban Habitats Via Glucocorticoid Regulation: Physiology, Behavior, and Life History in Stream Fishes9
Reaction Forces and Rib Function During Locomotion in Snakes9
Pursuit and Evasion Strategies in the Predator–Prey Interactions of Fishes9
Quantifying the Autonomic Response to Stressors—One Way to Expand the Definition of “Stress” in Animals9
Understanding the Role of Incentive Salience in Sexual Decision-Making9
Assessing the Morphological Impacts of Ammonoid Shell Shape through Systematic Shape Variation9
Beyond Description: The Many Facets of Dental Biomechanics9
Multivariate Models of Animal Sex: Breaking Binaries Leads to a Better Understanding of Ecology and Evolution9
Understanding the Metabolic Capacity of Antarctic Fishes to Acclimate to Future Ocean Conditions9
Terrestrial Locomotion in American Eels (Anguilla rostrata): How Substrate and Incline Affect Movement Patterns9
Thermal Responses Differ across Levels of Biological Organization9
Protein composition and associated material properties of cobweb spiders’ gumfoot glue droplets9
How Signaling Geometry Shapes the Efficacy and Evolution of Animal Communication Systems9
Proteomics of Osmoregulatory Responses in Threespine Stickleback Gills8
Temporal Patterns of Honeybee Foraging in a Diverse Floral Landscape Revealed Using Pollen DNA Metabarcoding of Honey8
Bivalve Molluscs as Model Systems for Studying Mitochondrial Biology8
Groovy and Gnarly: Surface Wrinkles as a Multifunctional Motif for Terrestrial and Marine Environments8
Morphogenesis of Iridescent Feathers in Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna8
Females as the Gatekeepers to Seasonal Breeding: What We Can Learn by Studying Reproductive Mechanisms in Both Sexes8
How to Stick the Landing: Kangaroo Rats Use Their Tails to Reorient during Evasive Jumps Away from Predators8
The Effects of Premature Tooth Extraction and Damage on Replacement Timing in the Green Iguana8
Reproductive- and Social-State Plasticity of Multiple Sensory Systems in a Cichlid Fish8
Mechanoethology: The Physical Mechanisms of Behavior8
What Does an Insect Hear? Reassessing the Role of Hearing in Predator Avoidance with Insights from Vertebrate Prey8
The Effects of Roughness and Wetness on Salamander Cling Performance8
Tail Beat Synchronization during Schooling Requires a Functional Posterior Lateral Line System in Giant Danios,Devario aequipinnatus8
Phenotypic Variation in Mitochondria-Related Performance Traits Across New Zealand Snail Populations8
Coping with Starvation: Contrasting Lipidomic Dynamics in the Cells of Two Sacoglossan Sea Slugs Incorporating Stolen Plastids from the Same Macroalga8
The Development and Neuronal Complexity of Bipinnaria Larvae of the Sea Star Asterias rubens8
Long Limbless Locomotors Over Land: The Mechanics and Biology of Elongate, Limbless Vertebrate Locomotion8
Swimming Through Parameter Subspaces of a Simple Anguilliform Swimmer8
Linking Tooth Shape to Strike Mechanics in theBoa constrictor8
Energetic Lifestyle Drives Size and Shape of Avian Erythrocytes7
Linking Ecology, Morphology, and Behavior to Conservation: Lessons Learned from Studies of Sea Turtles7
Multimodal Integration Across Spatiotemporal Scales to Guide Invertebrate Locomotion7
Hybrid Metachronal Rowing Augments Swimming Speed and Acceleration via Increased Stroke Amplitude7
Gut Microbiome as a Mediator of Stress Resilience: A Reactive Scope Model Framework7
Ecological Limits on the Decoupling of Prey Capture and Processing in Fishes7
The Evolutionary Continuum of Functional Homodonty to Heterodonty in the Dentition of Halichoeres Wrasses7
Female Genital Variation Far Exceeds That of Male Genitalia: A Review of Comparative Anatomy of Clitoris and the Female Lower Reproductive Tract in Theria7
Growth and Mortality as Causes of Variation in Metabolic Scaling Among Taxa and Taxonomic Levels7
Multi-Joint Analysis of Pose Viability Supports the Possibility of Salamander-Like Hindlimb Configurations in the Permian TetrapodEryops megacephalus7
Walking—and Running and Jumping—with Dinosaurs and their Cousins, Viewed Through the Lens of Evolutionary Biomechanics7
The Degenerate Tale of Ascidian Tails7
Reversibility of Multimodal Shift: Zebrafish Shift to Olfactory Cues When the Visual Environment Changes7
Local Superimpositions Facilitate Morphometric Analysis of Complex Articulating Structures7
When Defenses Fail: Atelopus zeteki Skin Secretions Increase Growth of the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis7
Reptilian Innate Immunology and Ecoimmunology: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?7
Diving into a Simple Anguilliform Swimmer’s Sensitivity7
Neural Circuits Underlying Nest Building in Male Zebra Finches7
The Effect of Pregnancy On Metabolic Scaling and Population Energy Demand in the Viviparous Fish Gambusia affinis7
The Water to Land Transition Submerged: Multifunctional Design of Pectoral Fins for Use in Swimming and in Association with Underwater Substrate7
Convergent Evolution of Cichlid Fish Pharyngeal Jaw Dentitions in Mollusk-Crushing Predators: Comparative X-Ray Computed Tomography of Tooth Sizes, Numbers, and Replacement7
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