OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Evolution & Development is 1. 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
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Old hypotheses and theories at the heart of current evo‐devo research	22
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Developmental and environmental plasticity in opsin gene expression in Lake Victoria cichlid fish	20
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Non‐Invaginated Wing Primordia in Holometabolous Insects: First Report From Mecoptera	17
Analysis of Nematode Ventral Nerve Cords Suggests Multiple Instances of Evolutionary Changes to Neuron Number	14
Covariation of brain and skull shapes as a model to understand the role of crosstalk in development and evolution	14
Exceptionally Preserved Setae: A Possible Morphological Synapomorphy of Cambrian Lophotrochozoans	12
Monopodial and Sympodial Growth Modes in the Colonial Graptolithina (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia)	11
Complex ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in a female‐larger gecko: Implications of determinate growth for lizard body size and life‐history evolution	11
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Heterochrony and Oophagy Underlie the Evolution of Giant Filter‐Feeding Lamniform Sharks	10
Comparative Embryology and Transcriptomics of Asellus infernus, an Isopod Crustacean From Sulfidic Groundwater	10
Conserved Gene Expression Plasticity in Development Is More Pervasive Than Expression Divergence Between Species of Caenorhabditis Nematodes	9
Asynchronized cell division in embryo‐like fossils from the Ediacaran Zhenba microfossil assemblage	9
Paired fins in vertebrate evolution and ontogeny	8
DNA methylation reprogramming in teleosts	8
Exploring the Developmental Origins of Limb Proportion Diversity in Birds: An Analysis of Ontogenetic Timing	8
Vertebrate cranial evolution: Contributions and conflict from the fossil record	8

Plasticity as a Sign of Developmental Bias in the Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks	8
Transient Epithelial Mimicry by Neural Crest Mesenchyme Anchors Cell Condensations Across Avian Beaks	7
Testing heterochrony: Connecting skull shape ontogeny and evolution of feeding adaptations in baleen whales	7
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Evo‐Devo Research Is More Important Now Than Ever	7
Modularity in the trilobite head consistent with the hypothesized segmental origin of the eyes	7
The Development of de Villiers' Moss Frog ( Arthroleptella villiersi , Pyxicephalidae) Reveals Heterochronic Patterns Underlying the Evolution of Endotro	6
Ontogenetic Mechanisms of Differentiation in Two Salvia Species With Different Pollinators	6
The Body Size and Fitness Match and Its Variability in Plastic Response to Temperature	6
Direct observation of the evolution of cell‐type‐specific microRNA expression signatures supports the hematopoietic origin model of endothelial cells	6
RADIALIS Origin and Expression Suggest Ancestral Function in Female Organs of Seed Plants	6
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Eye development influences horn size but not patterning in horned beetles	5
A new motile animal with implications for the evolution of axial polarity from the Ediacaran of South Australia	5
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Allometric Changes Across Horseshoe Crab Moults Evidence Developmentally Controlled Ecological Shifts and Possible Exoskeletal Modularity	5
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Evolutionary origin of the nervous system from Ctenophora prospective	4
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Competition's Role in Shaping Cryptic Genetic Variation	4
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Evolution of Orthonectida body plan	4
Utilizing geometric morphometrics to investigate gene function during organ growth: Insights through the study of beetle horn shape allometry	3
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Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution: Causes, Consequences, Controversies David W. Pfennig (ed). xxxi + 404 pp., index. Evolutionary Cell Biology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Grou	3
Embryonic Lethality, Juvenile Growth Variation, and Adult Sterility Correlate With Phylogenetic Distance of Danionin Hybrids	3
Growth and Developmental Processes Alternate During Larval Development of Atlantic Herring	3
Cranial cartilages: Players in the evolution of the cranium during evolution of the chordates in general and of the vertebrates in particular	3
Exploring Larval Axolotl Brain Development: Insights Into Developmental and Functional Constraints	3
Evolution and Development of Segmented Body Plan Revealed by engrailed and wnt1 Gene Expression in the Ann	3
A plurality of morphological characters need not equate with phylogenetic accuracy: A rare genomic change refutes the placement of Solifugae and Pseudoscorpiones in Haplocnemata	3
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Genetic Mapping of Orofacial Traits Reveals a Single Genomic Region Associated With Differences in Multiple Parameters of Jaw Size Between Astyanax mexicanus	2
The Early Development of the Blue‐Eye Cichlid, Cryptoheros spilurus (Cichliformes: Cichlidae)	2
Toward a universal measure of robustness across model organs and systems	2
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The rx3 Gene Contributes to the Evolution of Eye Loss in the Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus	2
Collective behavior in relation with changing environments: Dynamics, modularity, and agency	2
The development of extremely large male genitalia under spatial limitation	2
Morphological and temporal variation in early embryogenesis contributes to species divergence in Malawi cichlid fishes	2
Internalized Evolutionary Inertia on Body Plan Evolution	2
Teeth outside the mouth: The evolution and development of shark denticles	2
When Shape, Size, and Time Meet: Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of Embryonic Shape Ontogeny in Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)	1
Impact of Life History on Hippopotamus Skull Ontogeny	1
Agency in Reproduction	1
Standing genetic variation as a potential mechanism of novel cave phenotype evolution in the freshwater isopod, Asellus aquaticus	1

Secondary‐tail formation during stolonization in the Japanese green syllid, Megasyllis nipponica	1
Creating morphological diversity in reptilian temporal skull region: A review of potential developmental mechanisms	1
Conserved and specific gene expression patterns in the embryonic development of tardigrades	1
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Effects of the egg incubation environment on turtle carapace development	1
Developmental plasticity and variability in the formation of egg‐spots, a pigmentation ornament in the cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera	1
Epigenetics and the evolution of form: Experimental manipulation of a chromatin modification causes species‐specific changes to the craniofacial skeleton	1
The agential perspective: Countermapping the modern synthesis	1
Developmental Plasticity and the Evolutionary Rescue of a Colonizing Mite	1
Ontogenetic trajectories and early shape differentiation of treehopper pronota (Hemiptera: Membracidae)	1
Phoronida—A small clade with a big role in understanding the evolution of lophophorates	1
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Correction to “Exceptionally Preserved Setae: A Possible Morphological Synapomorphy of Cambrian Lophotrochozoans”	1
The genetic determination of alternate stages in polyphenic insects	1
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Deciphering the origin of developmental stability: The role of intracellular expression variability in evolutionary conservation	1
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Feeding‐structure morphogenesis in “rhabditid” and diplogastrid nematodes is not controlled by a conserved genetic module	1
Heterokairic Genes and the Eco‐Evo‐Devo of Timing	1