OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evo is 3. 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
Segment number threshold determines juvenile onset of germline cluster expansion in Platynereis dumerilii	74
Time to synchronize our clocks: Connecting developmental mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of heterochrony	24
A star is born again: Methods for larval rearing of an emerging model organism, the False clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris	18
Expression and function analysis of crustacyanin gene family involved in resistance to heavy metal stress and body color formation in Exopalaemon carinicauda	18
Theories, laws, and models in evo‐devo	17
The biogenetic law and the Gastraea theory: From Ernst Haeckel's discoveries to contemporary views	15
The mammalian brain under domestication: Discovering patterns after a century of old and new analyses	14
The developmental hourglass model and recapitulation: An attempt to integrate the two models	14
Unraveling the heritage of lost traits	14
Vasa expression is associated with sex differentiation in the Asian yellow pond turtle, Mauremys mutica	14
Functional conservation and divergence of color‐pattern‐related agouti family genes in teleost fishes	13
High regenerative capacity is a general feature within colonial dendrophylliid corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia)	12
Molecular mechanism of Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) adapting to hibernation	10
Tissue homeostasis in sponges: Quantitative analysis of cell proliferation and apoptosis	10
Elevation, oxygen, and the origins of viviparity	9
Influence of environmental temperature on mouth‐form plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus acts through daf‐11‐dependent cGMP signaling	9
Teeth out of proportion: Smaller horse and cattle breeds have comparatively larger teeth	8
Elucidating the early signaling cues involved in zebrafish chondrogenesis and cartilage morphology	8
Size and shape of the semicircular canal of the inner ear: A new marker of pig domestication?	8
Unraveling stress resilience: Insights from adaptations to extreme environments by Astyanax mexicanus cavefish	7
Transcriptomic profiling of immune‐associated molecules in the coelomocytes of lugworm Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758)	7
Knockdown of RpL36 in testes impairs spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster	7
Widespread cis‐ and trans‐regulatory evolution underlies the origin, diversification, and loss of a sexually dimorphic fruit fly pigmentation trait	7
Cranial shape variation in domestication: A pilot study on the case of rabbits	6
Distinct patterns of gene expression during regeneration and asexual reproduction in the annelid Pristina leidyi	6

Effect of constant and fluctuating temperature on the intrapuparial development of Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau‐Desvoidy, 1830; Diptera: Sarcophagidae)	6
Evolution and functionalization of vitellogenin genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus	6
The GRN concept as a guide for evolutionary developmental biology	6
On the sequence heterochrony of cranial ossification of bats in light of Haeckel's recapitulation theory	6
Theme and variation in the evolution of insect sex determination	6
Expression of spidroin proteins in the silk glands of golden orb‐weaver spiders	6
Comparative morphological study of skeletal muscle weight among the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) and various fowl breeds (Gallus domesticus)	6
Evaluating old truths: Final adult size in holometabolous insects is set by the end of larval development	5
Post‐autotomy regeneration of respiratory tree in sea cucumber Holothuria parva	5
Cooption of polyalanine tract into a repressor domain in the mammalian transcription factor HoxA11	5
Reversibility of digit loss revisited: Limb diversification in Bachia lizards (gymnophthalmidae)	5
Transcriptomic exploration of the Coleopteran wings reveals insight into the evolution of novel structures associated with the beetle elytron	5
On the hormonal control of posterior regeneration in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii	5
Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior	5
The effect of captivity on craniomandibular and calcaneal ontogenetic trajectories in wild boar	5
Resolving between novelty and homology in the rapidly evolving phallus of Drosophila	5
Macrowear effects of external quartz abrasives of different size and concentration in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)	5
Domestic cat embryos reveal unique transcriptomes of developing incisor, canine, and premolar teeth	5
Porcupine/Wntless‐dependent trafficking of the conserved WntA ligand in butterflies	5
Gene duplication, conservation, and divergence of activating transcription factor 5 gene in zebrafish	4
Domestication and the comparative embryology of birds	4
Adaptive evolvability through direct selection instead of indirect, second‐order selection	4
Early, nonlethal ploidy and genome size quantification using confocal microscopy in zebrafish embryos	4
Sperm storage by females across the animal phyla: A survey on the occurrence and biomolecules involved in sperm storage	4
How can recapitulation be reconciled with modern concepts of evolution?	4
Tentacle muscles in brachiopods: Ultrastructure and relation to peculiarities of life style	4
Comparing nerve‐mediated FGF signalling in the early initiation phase of organ regeneration across mutliple amphibian species	4
Knockdowns of red Malphigian tubules reveal pigmentation roles in the milkweed bug	4
Semi‐automated, high‐content imaging of drug transporter knockout sea urchin (Lytechinus pictus) embryos	4
Transcriptomic bases of a polyphenism	4
Genome‐wide comparison of DNA methylation patterns between yak and three cattle strains and their potential association with mRNA transcription	4
Introduction to the special issue—cavefish—adaptation to the dark	3
Mechanisms involved in the production of differently colored feathers in the structurally colored swallow tanager (Tersina viridis; Aves: Thraupidae)	3
Measuring potential effects of the developmental burden associated with the vertebrate notochord	3
Dynamical systems approach to evolution–development congruence: Revisiting Haeckel's recapitulation theory	3
Activation of cell adhesion molecules and Snail during epithelial to mesenchymal transition prior to formation of the regenerative tail blastema in lizards	3
The ring‐legged earwig Euborellia annulipes as a new model for oogenesis and development studies in insects	3
3D spheroid culturing of Astyanax mexicanus liver‐derived cell lines recapitulates distinct transcriptomic and metabolic states of in vivo tissue environment	3
Lineage‐specific evolution of zona pellucida genes in fish	3
The vitellogenin genes in Cynops orientalis: New insights on the evolution of the vtg gene family in amphibians	3
Comparative embryogenesis in ungulate domesticated species	3
DiceCT applied to fossilized hard tissues: A preliminary case study using a miocene bird	3
Transcriptional background effects on a tumor driver gene in different pigment cell types of medaka	3
The paradise fish, an advanced animal model for behavioral genetics and evolutionary developmental biology	3
Identification of Hox genes and their expression profiles during embryonic development of the emerging model organism, Macrobrachium olfersii	3
From the individual to the colony: Marine invertebrates as models to understand levels of biological organization	3
Exploring the expanse between theoretical questions and experimental approaches in the modern study of evolvability	3