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Neil Shubin

Concepts (202)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Biological Evolution
42
2025
992
7.470
Why?
Fishes
25
2025
140
6.410
Why?
Fossils
25
2025
372
5.140
Why?
Extremities
23
2024
177
4.620
Why?
Animal Fins
15
2023
52
4.590
Why?
Vertebrates
14
2025
107
3.060
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
15
2024
668
2.610
Why?
Paleontology
9
2024
84
2.320
Why?
Urodela
6
2012
19
1.570
Why?
Phylogeny
17
2025
1228
1.480
Why?
Tooth
2
2025
53
1.420
Why?
Animals
61
2025
28003
1.340
Why?
Fish Proteins
7
2021
18
1.300
Why?
Body Patterning
8
2022
216
1.270
Why?
Zebrafish
7
2023
325
1.220
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
8
2023
561
1.140
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2021
315
1.080
Why?
Pelvis
3
2014
96
1.060
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
3
2023
158
1.000
Why?
Skull
4
2021
262
0.980
Why?
Synovial Membrane
1
2025
30
0.950
Why?
Genomics
4
2023
806
0.950
Why?
Joints
1
2025
33
0.940
Why?
Coccyx
2
2024
3
0.900
Why?
Metamorphosis, Biological
2
2024
10
0.900
Why?
Hedgehog Proteins
7
2023
102
0.850
Why?
Eating
2
2021
168
0.810
Why?
Oryzias
2
2021
5
0.800
Why?
Zinc Finger Protein Gli3
1
2021
9
0.760
Why?
Gills
3
2011
18
0.740
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
8
2023
863
0.730
Why?
Chordata
1
2021
10
0.720
Why?
Anatomy
2
2012
21
0.710
Why?
Skeleton
3
2009
27
0.680
Why?
Anura
1
2020
21
0.660
Why?
Mandible
2
2022
123
0.630
Why?
Elasmobranchii
2
2011
4
0.630
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
1
2021
507
0.610
Why?
Mammals
4
2023
245
0.580
Why?
Chondrogenesis
3
2009
32
0.570
Why?
T-Box Domain Proteins
2
2016
126
0.550
Why?
Embryo, Nonmammalian
6
2016
196
0.540
Why?
History, Ancient
5
2022
76
0.510
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
3
2015
322
0.500
Why?
Ecosystem
3
2024
371
0.500
Why?
Organogenesis
1
2015
50
0.470
Why?
Embryonic Development
1
2015
82
0.460
Why?
Genes, Homeobox
5
2014
83
0.450
Why?
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
6
2023
289
0.430
Why?
Amphibians
4
2019
19
0.410
Why?
Branchial Region
2
2011
16
0.400
Why?
Canada
3
2022
205
0.400
Why?
Larva
2
2024
124
0.380
Why?
Regeneration
4
2024
158
0.370
Why?
Phenotype
4
2021
2498
0.340
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
5
2023
184
0.330
Why?
Horns
1
2009
1
0.320
Why?
Ocular Physiological Phenomena
1
2009
11
0.310
Why?
Cartilage
1
2009
117
0.310
Why?
Genome
4
2023
396
0.300
Why?
Fibroblast Growth Factors
2
2022
83
0.300
Why?
Sharks
2
2025
16
0.270
Why?
Bone and Bones
2
2024
280
0.270
Why?
Osteogenesis
2
2024
270
0.270
Why?
Mouth
2
2021
49
0.260
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
6
2013
3017
0.250
Why?
Mice
8
2021
12110
0.250
Why?
Sensilla
1
2025
2
0.240
Why?
Species Specificity
3
2014
692
0.240
Why?
Dentin
1
2025
9
0.240
Why?
Synchrotrons
1
2025
31
0.240
Why?
Jaw
3
2019
73
0.240
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1477
0.230
Why?
Xenopus Proteins
1
2024
35
0.230
Why?
Transcription Factors
4
2011
1684
0.230
Why?
Smegmamorpha
1
2004
4
0.230
Why?
Cartilage, Articular
1
2025
72
0.230
Why?
Body Constitution
1
2004
26
0.230
Why?
Xenopus
1
2024
126
0.230
Why?
Humerus
1
2004
31
0.220
Why?
In Situ Hybridization
3
2015
313
0.210
Why?
Lower Extremity
1
2024
93
0.210
Why?
Blinking
1
2023
17
0.210
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2016
307
0.210
Why?
Spine
1
2024
131
0.210
Why?
Time Factors
4
2015
5430
0.200
Why?
Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
2
2016
28
0.200
Why?
Arctic Regions
1
2022
10
0.200
Why?
Perciformes
1
2023
35
0.200
Why?
Animal Scales
1
2022
4
0.200
Why?
Prosencephalon
1
2023
65
0.200
Why?
Pharynx
1
2022
44
0.200
Why?
Muscles
2
2019
190
0.200
Why?
Ictaluridae
1
2022
2
0.200
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
2
2009
2004
0.190
Why?
Multigene Family
2
2016
203
0.190
Why?
Swimming
1
2022
63
0.190
Why?
Locomotion
3
2024
140
0.190
Why?
Robotics
1
2024
269
0.180
Why?
China
3
2012
248
0.180
Why?
Zinc Finger Protein Gli2
1
2021
2
0.180
Why?
Feeding Behavior
2
2021
335
0.180
Why?
Transcriptome
2
2024
699
0.180
Why?
Conserved Sequence
4
2023
211
0.180
Why?
Genes, Reporter
2
2023
276
0.170
Why?
Tail
1
2020
31
0.170
Why?
Geography
2
2012
234
0.170
Why?
Notochord
1
2020
25
0.170
Why?
Sense Organs
1
2018
7
0.150
Why?
Hindlimb
2
2011
96
0.150
Why?
Chemokines
1
2018
74
0.140
Why?
Data Curation
1
2017
4
0.140
Why?
Tretinoin
2
2009
131
0.140
Why?
Datasets as Topic
1
2017
80
0.130
Why?
DNA Footprinting
1
2016
18
0.130
Why?
Movement
2
2012
318
0.130
Why?
Lampreys
1
2016
15
0.130
Why?
Gene Knockout Techniques
1
2016
83
0.130
Why?
Greenland
1
2015
6
0.130
Why?
Classification
2
2009
54
0.120
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2021
1720
0.120
Why?
Body Size
1
2015
95
0.120
Why?
Genetic Variation
1
2002
1392
0.120
Why?
Gene Deletion
1
2016
351
0.120
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2016
302
0.120
Why?
Models, Genetic
2
2017
967
0.120
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
3
2016
874
0.110
Why?
History, 21st Century
1
2015
187
0.110
Why?
Natural History
1
2013
6
0.100
Why?
Anthropology
1
2013
7
0.100
Why?
Budgets
1
2013
10
0.100
Why?
Chromatin
1
2016
417
0.100
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
3
2019
488
0.100
Why?
Museums
1
2013
14
0.100
Why?
Expeditions
1
2012
2
0.100
Why?
Art
1
2012
5
0.100
Why?
Chickens
1
2013
212
0.100
Why?
Mice, Transgenic
2
2018
1589
0.100
Why?
Calibration
1
2012
103
0.090
Why?
Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins
1
2011
13
0.090
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2012
317
0.090
Why?
Gait
1
2011
83
0.090
Why?
DNA Repair Enzymes
1
2011
56
0.090
Why?
New Zealand
1
2011
22
0.090
Why?
Extinction, Biological
1
2012
94
0.090
Why?
Embryo, Mammalian
1
2011
224
0.090
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2011
85
0.090
Why?
Australia
1
2011
102
0.090
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2015
538
0.090
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2019
2680
0.080
Why?
Anatomy, Comparative
1
2009
8
0.080
Why?
Bone Development
1
2009
38
0.080
Why?
Coleoptera
1
2009
15
0.080
Why?
Hiccup
1
2009
5
0.080
Why?
Spermatic Cord
1
2009
6
0.080
Why?
Hernia
1
2009
21
0.080
Why?
Mesoderm
1
2009
124
0.080
Why?
Humans
9
2024
92337
0.080
Why?
Eye
1
2009
111
0.070
Why?
Testis
1
2009
152
0.070
Why?
Nervous System
1
2009
90
0.070
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2009
282
0.070
Why?
Water
2
2006
292
0.070
Why?
Environment
2
2006
229
0.070
Why?
Ovary
1
2009
263
0.070
Why?
Zebrafish Proteins
2
2018
150
0.070
Why?
Ambystoma mexicanum
2
2024
15
0.070
Why?
Biomimetics
1
2024
33
0.060
Why?
Paired Box Transcription Factors
1
2004
52
0.060
Why?
Pennsylvania
1
2004
99
0.050
Why?
Molecular Docking Simulation
1
2023
54
0.050
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2023
98
0.050
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
1
2006
1939
0.050
Why?
X-Ray Microtomography
1
2023
95
0.050
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2008
1786
0.050
Why?
United States
1
2012
7348
0.040
Why?
Hyoid Bone
1
2019
12
0.040
Why?
Genetics, Population
1
2002
416
0.040
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2005
1743
0.040
Why?
Catfishes
1
2018
7
0.040
Why?
CRISPR-Cas Systems
1
2018
86
0.030
Why?
Biological Science Disciplines
1
2017
13
0.030
Why?
DNA
1
2023
1308
0.030
Why?
Arthropods
1
1997
31
0.030
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2007
3508
0.030
Why?
Karyotype
1
2016
34
0.030
Why?
Research
1
2017
254
0.030
Why?
Organ Specificity
1
2016
283
0.030
Why?
Molecular Sequence Annotation
1
2013
72
0.030
Why?
Chick Embryo
1
2013
227
0.030
Why?
Immunoglobulin M
1
2013
161
0.030
Why?
Sequence Alignment
1
2013
358
0.020
Why?
Male
2
2018
43925
0.020
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
1
2017
2794
0.020
Why?
Video Recording
1
2011
205
0.020
Why?
Female
2
2016
47893
0.020
Why?
Morphogenesis
1
2006
207
0.010
Why?
Collagen
1
2004
303
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
33
0.000
Why?
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