OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of EvoDevo is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Histone deacetylases regulate organ-specific growth in a horned beetle	181
Sea cucumbers: an emerging system in evo-devo	71
Evolutionary transformations of the ossified Meckelian cartilage in mammaliaforms	30
Shell field morphogenesis in the polyplacophoran mollusk Acanthochitona rubrolineata	26
The Notch pathway in Metazoa: a comparative analysis across cnidarians and beyond	22
Shedding light on the embryogenesis and eye development of the troglophile cave spider Tegenaria pagana C. L. Koch, 1840 (Araneae: Agelenidae)	14
Stability in gene expression and body-plan development leads to evolutionary conservation	12
Expression and possible functions of a horizontally transferred glycosyl hydrolase gene, GH6-1, in Ciona embryogenesis	10
Comparative Hox genes expression within the dimorphic annelid Streblospio benedicti reveals patterning variation during development	10
Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton	10
The evolution of cephalic fins in manta rays and their relatives: functional evidence for initiation of domain splitting and modulation of the Wnt signaling pathway in the pectoral fin AER of the litt	9
Periderm fate and independence of tooth formation are conserved across osteichthyans	8
East African cichlid fishes	8
Gene editing without a genome: generation of F0 CRISPR mutants in gastropod mollusc Crepidula fornicata	7
Development of the hyolaryngeal architecture in horseshoe bats: insights into the evolution of the pulse generation for laryngeal echolocation	7
Germline-related molecular phenotype in Metazoa: conservation and innovation highlighted by comparative transcriptomics	7
The expression of Pax6 and retinal determination genes in the eyeless arachnid A. longisetosus reveals vestigial eye primordia	7
The Cambrian fossil Pikaia, and the origin of chordate somites	6
A tool for repression of RNAi overcomes sterility in Tribolium castaneum	5
Feedback circuits are numerous in embryonic gene regulatory networks and offer a stabilizing influence on evolution of those networks	5
Toward mechanisms underlying the developmental hourglass: evolvability and phylotypic conservation	4
The embryology, metamorphosis, and muscle development of Schizocardium karankawa sp. nov. (Enteropneusta) from the Gulf of Mexico	4
Single-cell sequencing suggests a conserved function of Hedgehog-signalling in spider eye development	4
The role of non-additive gene action on gene expression variation in plant domestication	4
Nematostella vectensis exemplifies the exceptional expansion and diversity of opsins in the eyeless Hexacorallia	4

Correction: Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024	4
The floral ABCs of Hydnora, one of the most bizarre parasitic plants in the world, and its autotrophic relatives of the order Piperales	4
Functional evidence supports the potential role of Tbx4-HLEA in the hindlimb degeneration of cetaceans	3
Daphnia as a versatile model system in ecology and evolution	3
Conservation of the dehiscence zone gene regulatory network in dicots and the role of the SEEDSTICK ortholog of California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) in fruit development	3
Antero-posterior patterning in the brittle star Amphipholis squamata and the evolution of echinoderm body plans	3
Flower-like meristem conditions and spatial constraints shape architecture of floral pseudanthia in Apioideae	3
Transcriptomic analysis of cave, surface, and hybrid samples of the isopod Asellus aquaticus and identification of chromosomal location of candidate genes for cave phenotype evolution	3
Brachiopod and mollusc biomineralisation is a conserved process that was lost in the phoronid–bryozoan stem lineage	3
Lineage-specific head development in the coffin-headed cricket Loxoblemmus equestris links the final molt with novel trait evolution	2
A morphological cell atlas of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri with key insights from targeted single-cell transcriptomes	2
Cnidofest 2022: hot topics in cnidarian research	2
Early embryonic development in the tick Ixodes scapularis suggests syncytial organization and cellularization before blastoderm formation	2
Embryonic and planula development in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana	2