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Neil Shubin

Concepts (203)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Biological Evolution
43
2025
1020
7.170
Why?
Fishes
25
2025
144
6.040
Why?
Fossils
25
2025
388
4.830
Why?
Extremities
24
2025
176
4.570
Why?
Animal Fins
16
2025
54
4.380
Why?
Vertebrates
14
2025
112
2.850
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
16
2025
665
2.640
Why?
Paleontology
9
2024
84
2.180
Why?
Phylogeny
17
2025
1266
1.400
Why?
Zebrafish
8
2025
339
1.340
Why?
Tooth
2
2025
56
1.330
Why?
Animals
62
2025
28155
1.290
Why?
Fish Proteins
7
2021
20
1.220
Why?
Body Patterning
8
2022
214
1.200
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
9
2025
556
1.130
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2021
317
1.020
Why?
Pelvis
3
2014
100
1.000
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
3
2023
166
0.940
Why?
Skull
4
2021
270
0.920
Why?
Synovial Membrane
1
2025
31
0.890
Why?
Joints
1
2025
32
0.890
Why?
Genomics
4
2023
848
0.880
Why?
Coccyx
2
2024
3
0.850
Why?
Metamorphosis, Biological
2
2024
9
0.850
Why?
Hedgehog Proteins
7
2023
105
0.800
Why?
Eating
2
2021
162
0.770
Why?
Oryzias
2
2021
5
0.750
Why?
Zinc Finger Protein Gli3
1
2021
9
0.710
Why?
Gills
3
2011
18
0.690
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
8
2023
878
0.690
Why?
Chordata
1
2021
10
0.670
Why?
Anatomy
2
2012
21
0.660
Why?
Skeleton
3
2009
28
0.630
Why?
Anura
1
2020
19
0.620
Why?
Mandible
2
2022
126
0.600
Why?
Elasmobranchii
2
2011
4
0.590
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
1
2021
502
0.570
Why?
Mammals
4
2023
259
0.550
Why?
Chondrogenesis
3
2009
32
0.540
Why?
T-Box Domain Proteins
2
2016
127
0.520
Why?
Embryo, Nonmammalian
6
2016
201
0.500
Why?
Genes, Homeobox
6
2025
84
0.480
Why?
History, Ancient
5
2022
80
0.480
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
3
2015
329
0.470
Why?
Ecosystem
3
2024
396
0.470
Why?
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
7
2025
295
0.450
Why?
Organogenesis
1
2015
50
0.440
Why?
Embryonic Development
1
2015
83
0.430
Why?
Amphibians
4
2019
20
0.380
Why?
Branchial Region
2
2011
15
0.380
Why?
Canada
3
2022
194
0.380
Why?
Larva
2
2024
133
0.360
Why?
Regeneration
4
2024
159
0.340
Why?
Phenotype
4
2021
2544
0.320
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
5
2023
186
0.310
Why?
Horns
1
2009
1
0.300
Why?
Ocular Physiological Phenomena
1
2009
11
0.300
Why?
Cartilage
1
2009
115
0.290
Why?
Genome
4
2023
407
0.290
Why?
Fibroblast Growth Factors
2
2022
86
0.290
Why?
Sharks
2
2025
16
0.260
Why?
Bone and Bones
2
2024
273
0.250
Why?
Mice
9
2025
12269
0.250
Why?
Osteogenesis
2
2024
274
0.250
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
6
2013
2910
0.240
Why?
Mouth
2
2021
45
0.240
Why?
Cloaca
1
2025
5
0.230
Why?
Species Specificity
3
2014
684
0.230
Why?
Sensilla
1
2025
2
0.230
Why?
Dentin
1
2025
9
0.230
Why?
Synchrotrons
1
2025
33
0.220
Why?
Jaw
3
2019
75
0.220
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1518
0.220
Why?
Xenopus Proteins
1
2024
36
0.220
Why?
Transcription Factors
4
2011
1691
0.210
Why?
Xenopus
1
2024
119
0.210
Why?
Smegmamorpha
1
2004
4
0.210
Why?
Cartilage, Articular
1
2025
77
0.210
Why?
Body Constitution
1
2004
26
0.210
Why?
Humerus
1
2004
32
0.210
Why?
In Situ Hybridization
3
2015
309
0.200
Why?
Lower Extremity
1
2024
99
0.200
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2016
309
0.200
Why?
Blinking
1
2023
17
0.200
Why?
Time Factors
4
2015
5410
0.190
Why?
Spine
1
2024
150
0.190
Why?
Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
2
2016
28
0.190
Why?
Arctic Regions
1
2022
10
0.190
Why?
Prosencephalon
1
2023
68
0.190
Why?
Animal Scales
1
2022
4
0.190
Why?
Perciformes
1
2023
41
0.190
Why?
Pharynx
1
2022
44
0.190
Why?
Muscles
2
2019
184
0.180
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
2
2009
1985
0.180
Why?
Ictaluridae
1
2022
2
0.180
Why?
Swimming
1
2022
64
0.180
Why?
Multigene Family
2
2016
203
0.180
Why?
Locomotion
3
2024
145
0.180
Why?
Robotics
1
2024
269
0.170
Why?
China
3
2012
264
0.170
Why?
Zinc Finger Protein Gli2
1
2021
2
0.170
Why?
Feeding Behavior
2
2021
337
0.170
Why?
Conserved Sequence
4
2023
209
0.170
Why?
Genes, Reporter
2
2023
275
0.160
Why?
Geography
2
2012
240
0.160
Why?
Transcriptome
2
2024
762
0.160
Why?
Tail
1
2020
31
0.160
Why?
Notochord
1
2020
25
0.160
Why?
Chromatin
2
2025
440
0.140
Why?
Sense Organs
1
2018
7
0.140
Why?
Hindlimb
2
2011
94
0.140
Why?
Chemokines
1
2018
76
0.140
Why?
Tretinoin
2
2009
129
0.130
Why?
Data Curation
1
2017
10
0.130
Why?
Movement
2
2012
304
0.130
Why?
Datasets as Topic
1
2017
81
0.130
Why?
DNA Footprinting
1
2016
17
0.120
Why?
Lampreys
1
2016
15
0.120
Why?
Congresses as Topic
1
2017
124
0.120
Why?
Gene Knockout Techniques
1
2016
84
0.120
Why?
Greenland
1
2015
6
0.120
Why?
Classification
2
2009
55
0.120
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2021
1741
0.120
Why?
Zebrafish Proteins
3
2025
159
0.110
Why?
Genetic Variation
1
2002
1415
0.110
Why?
Gene Deletion
1
2016
352
0.110
Why?
Body Size
1
2015
98
0.110
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2016
321
0.110
Why?
Models, Genetic
2
2017
970
0.110
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
3
2016
893
0.110
Why?
History, 21st Century
1
2015
187
0.100
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
3
2019
489
0.100
Why?
Natural History
1
2013
7
0.100
Why?
Budgets
1
2013
10
0.100
Why?
Anthropology
1
2013
9
0.100
Why?
Museums
1
2013
16
0.100
Why?
Expeditions
1
2012
2
0.100
Why?
Art
1
2012
5
0.100
Why?
Chickens
1
2013
206
0.090
Why?
Mice, Transgenic
2
2018
1587
0.090
Why?
Calibration
1
2012
106
0.090
Why?
Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins
1
2011
14
0.090
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2012
314
0.090
Why?
Gait
1
2011
83
0.090
Why?
DNA Repair Enzymes
1
2011
61
0.080
Why?
New Zealand
1
2011
23
0.080
Why?
Extinction, Biological
1
2012
97
0.080
Why?
Embryo, Mammalian
1
2011
217
0.080
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2011
89
0.080
Why?
Australia
1
2011
123
0.080
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2015
555
0.080
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2019
2585
0.080
Why?
Anatomy, Comparative
1
2009
8
0.070
Why?
Bone Development
1
2009
38
0.070
Why?
Spermatic Cord
1
2009
5
0.070
Why?
Hiccup
1
2009
5
0.070
Why?
Coleoptera
1
2009
18
0.070
Why?
Hernia
1
2009
22
0.070
Why?
Humans
9
2024
93515
0.070
Why?
Mesoderm
1
2009
122
0.070
Why?
Eye
1
2009
109
0.070
Why?
Testis
1
2009
148
0.070
Why?
Nervous System
1
2009
92
0.070
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2009
282
0.070
Why?
Water
2
2006
307
0.070
Why?
Ovary
1
2009
254
0.070
Why?
Environment
2
2006
230
0.070
Why?
Ambystoma mexicanum
2
2024
15
0.060
Why?
Biomimetics
1
2024
28
0.050
Why?
Paired Box Transcription Factors
1
2004
50
0.050
Why?
Pennsylvania
1
2004
103
0.050
Why?
Molecular Docking Simulation
1
2023
57
0.050
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
1
2006
1914
0.050
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2023
93
0.050
Why?
X-Ray Microtomography
1
2023
101
0.050
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2008
1768
0.040
Why?
United States
1
2012
7622
0.040
Why?
Hyoid Bone
1
2019
13
0.040
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2005
1721
0.040
Why?
Genetics, Population
1
2002
439
0.040
Why?
Catfishes
1
2018
7
0.030
Why?
Male
3
2025
44557
0.030
Why?
CRISPR-Cas Systems
1
2018
98
0.030
Why?
DNA
1
2023
1265
0.030
Why?
Biological Science Disciplines
1
2017
14
0.030
Why?
Arthropods
1
1997
33
0.030
Why?
Female
3
2025
48702
0.030
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2007
3502
0.030
Why?
Karyotype
1
2016
34
0.030
Why?
Research
1
2017
251
0.030
Why?
Organ Specificity
1
2016
279
0.030
Why?
Chick Embryo
1
2013
222
0.020
Why?
Molecular Sequence Annotation
1
2013
78
0.020
Why?
Immunoglobulin M
1
2013
153
0.020
Why?
Sequence Alignment
1
2013
352
0.020
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
1
2017
2715
0.020
Why?
Video Recording
1
2011
212
0.020
Why?
Morphogenesis
1
2006
206
0.010
Why?
Collagen
1
2004
304
0.010
Why?
Dentition
1
1997
22
0.010
Why?
Wound Healing
1
1998
373
0.010
Why?
Nova Scotia
1
1987
2
0.000
Why?
Invertebrates
1
1987
36
0.000
Why?
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