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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Segment number threshold determines juvenile onset of germline cluster expansion in Platynereis dumerilii	47
Dark world rises: The emergence of cavefish as a model for the study of evolution, development, behavior, and disease	31
System‐level analyses of keystone genes required for mammalian tooth development	25
Coloniality, clonality, and modularity in animals: The elephant in the room	17
Molecular mechanisms and evolution of fertilization proteins	17
Repeated evolution of eye loss in Mexican cavefish: Evidence of similar developmental mechanisms in independently evolved populations	17
Expression and function analysis of crustacyanin gene family involved in resistance to heavy metal stress and body color formation in Exopalaemon carinicauda	15
Time to synchronize our clocks: Connecting developmental mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of heterochrony	14
A star is born again: Methods for larval rearing of an emerging model organism, the False clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris	13
A histological study of normal and pathological limb regeneration in the Mexican axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum	13
Subterranean life: Behavior, metabolic, and some other adaptations of Astyanax cavefish	13
Evolutionary bedfellows: Reconstructing the ancestral state of autotomy and regeneration	12
Evolution of the acoustic startle response of Mexican cavefish	12
The biogenetic law and the Gastraea theory: From Ernst Haeckel's discoveries to contemporary views	12
Vasa expression is associated with sex differentiation in the Asian yellow pond turtle, Mauremys mutica	12
High regenerative capacity is a general feature within colonial dendrophylliid corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia)	11
Unraveling the heritage of lost traits	11
The mammalian brain under domestication: Discovering patterns after a century of old and new analyses	11
Signature of high altitude adaptation in the gluteus proteome of the yak	11
Unique transcriptional signatures of sleep loss across independently evolved cavefish populations	11
Functional conservation and divergence of color‐pattern‐related agouti family genes in teleost fishes	10
Dynamic changes of histone acetylation and methylation in bovine oocytes, zygotes, and preimplantation embryos	10
Theories, laws, and models in evo‐devo	10
The developmental hourglass model and recapitulation: An attempt to integrate the two models	10
Increase in egg resistance to desiccation in springtails correlates with blastodermal cuticle formation: Eco‐evolutionary implications for insect terrestrialization	9

Cellular dynamics of double fertilization and early embryogenesis in flowering plants	9
Genetic architecture underlying changes in carotenoid accumulation during the evolution of the blind Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus	9
A putative novel role for Eip74EF in male reproduction in promoting sperm elongation at the cost of male fecundity	9
Tissue homeostasis in sponges: Quantitative analysis of cell proliferation and apoptosis	9
Dorsoventral inversion of the air‐filled organ (lungs, gas bladder) in vertebrates: RNAsequencing of laser capture microdissected embryonic tissue	8
Pollen wall patterns as a model for biological self‐assembly	8
Widespread cis‐ and trans‐regulatory evolution underlies the origin, diversification, and loss of a sexually dimorphic fruit fly pigmentation trait	7
Molecular mechanism of Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) adapting to hibernation	7
Elevation, oxygen, and the origins of viviparity	7
Genes with evidence of positive selection as potentially related to coloniality and the evolution of morphological features among the lophophorates and entoprocts	7
Teeth out of proportion: Smaller horse and cattle breeds have comparatively larger teeth	7
Adhesive pads of gecko and anoline lizards utilize corneous and cytoskeletal proteins for setae development and renewal	7
Size and shape of the semicircular canal of the inner ear: A new marker of pig domestication?	7
Elucidating the early signaling cues involved in zebrafish chondrogenesis and cartilage morphology	7
Effect of constant and fluctuating temperature on the intrapuparial development of Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau‐Desvoidy, 1830; Diptera: Sarcophagidae)	6
Comparative morphological study of skeletal muscle weight among the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) and various fowl breeds (Gallus domesticus)	6
Cranial shape variation in domestication: A pilot study on the case of rabbits	6
Influence of environmental temperature on mouth‐form plasticity in Pristionchus pacificus acts through daf‐11‐dependent cGMP signaling	6
Dark‐rearing uncovers novel gene expression patterns in an obligate cave‐dwelling fish	6
Transcriptome analysis of ovarian maturation in a chondrostei Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis	6
Somatic cell conversion to a germ cell lineage: A violation or a revelation?	6
The evolution and development of coloniality in hydrozoans	6
Germ lines and extended selection during the evolutionary transition to multicellularity	5
Evolution and functionalization of vitellogenin genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus	5
Distinct patterns of gene expression during regeneration and asexual reproduction in the annelid Pristina leidyi	5
Post‐autotomy regeneration of respiratory tree in sea cucumber Holothuria parva	5
Knockdown of RpL36 in testes impairs spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster	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
Macrowear effects of external quartz abrasives of different size and concentration in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)	5
Reversibility of digit loss revisited: Limb diversification in Bachia lizards (gymnophthalmidae)	5
Expression of spidroin proteins in the silk glands of golden orb‐weaver spiders	5
Ontogeny of the Moorish gecko Tarentola mauritanica with emphasis on morphogenesis of the skin and its derivatives	5
The GRN concept as a guide for evolutionary developmental biology	4
On the hormonal control of posterior regeneration in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii	4
How can recapitulation be reconciled with modern concepts of evolution?	4
Theme and variation in the evolution of insect sex determination	4
The effect of captivity on craniomandibular and calcaneal ontogenetic trajectories in wild boar	4
Transcriptomic profiling of immune‐associated molecules in the coelomocytes of lugworm Arenicola marina (Linnaeus, 1758)	4
Knockdowns of red Malphigian tubules reveal pigmentation roles in the milkweed bug	4
Morphological malleability of the lateral line allows for surface fish (Astyanax mexicanus) adaptation to cave environments	4
Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior	4
Early, nonlethal ploidy and genome size quantification using confocal microscopy in zebrafish embryos	4
An ecological driver for the macroevolution of morphological polymorphism within colonial invertebrates	4
On the sequence heterochrony of cranial ossification of bats in light of Haeckel's recapitulation theory	4
Egg patterns as identity signals in colonial seabirds: a comparison of four alcid species	4
Comparing nerve‐mediated FGF signalling in the early initiation phase of organ regeneration across mutliple amphibian species	4
Gene duplication, conservation, and divergence of activating transcription factor 5 gene in zebrafish	3
Mechanisms involved in the production of differently colored feathers in the structurally colored swallow tanager (Tersina viridis; Aves: Thraupidae)	3
Tentacle muscles in brachiopods: Ultrastructure and relation to peculiarities of life style	3

Effect of dopamine on early larvae of sea urchins, Mesocentrotus nudus and Strongylocentrotus intermedius	3
Dynamical patterning modules and network motifs as joint determinants of development: Lessons from an aggregative bacterium	3
Adult neuronal regeneration in the telencephalon of the killifish Aphaniops hormuzensis	3
Analysis of stress responses in Astyanax larvae reveals heterogeneity among different populations	3
Resolving between novelty and homology in the rapidly evolving phallus of Drosophila	3
Measuring potential effects of the developmental burden associated with the vertebrate notochord	3
Transcriptomic bases of a polyphenism	3