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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
1019
7.140
Why?
Fishes
25
2025
143
6.000
Why?
Fossils
25
2025
388
4.810
Why?
Extremities
24
2025
170
4.550
Why?
Animal Fins
16
2025
54
4.350
Why?
Vertebrates
14
2025
112
2.840
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
16
2025
657
2.640
Why?
Paleontology
9
2024
84
2.170
Why?
Phylogeny
17
2025
1268
1.390
Why?
Zebrafish
8
2025
339
1.330
Why?
Tooth
2
2025
56
1.320
Why?
Animals
62
2025
27973
1.280
Why?
Fish Proteins
7
2021
20
1.210
Why?
Body Patterning
8
2022
214
1.190
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
9
2025
556
1.130
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2021
317
1.010
Why?
Pelvis
3
2014
99
0.990
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
3
2023
164
0.930
Why?
Skull
4
2021
267
0.910
Why?
Synovial Membrane
1
2025
31
0.880
Why?
Genomics
4
2023
848
0.880
Why?
Joints
1
2025
32
0.880
Why?
Coccyx
2
2024
3
0.840
Why?
Metamorphosis, Biological
2
2024
9
0.840
Why?
Hedgehog Proteins
7
2023
102
0.800
Why?
Eating
2
2021
162
0.760
Why?
Oryzias
2
2021
5
0.740
Why?
Zinc Finger Protein Gli3
1
2021
9
0.710
Why?
Gills
3
2011
18
0.690
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
8
2023
877
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
0.590
Why?
Elasmobranchii
2
2011
4
0.590
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
1
2021
501
0.570
Why?
Mammals
4
2023
259
0.550
Why?
Chondrogenesis
3
2009
32
0.530
Why?
T-Box Domain Proteins
2
2016
127
0.510
Why?
Embryo, Nonmammalian
6
2016
200
0.500
Why?
Genes, Homeobox
6
2025
84
0.480
Why?
History, Ancient
5
2022
80
0.470
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
3
2015
328
0.470
Why?
Ecosystem
3
2024
396
0.460
Why?
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
7
2025
293
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
0.350
Why?
Regeneration
4
2024
159
0.340
Why?
Phenotype
4
2021
2545
0.320
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
5
2023
186
0.310
Why?
Horns
1
2009
1
0.290
Why?
Ocular Physiological Phenomena
1
2009
11
0.290
Why?
Cartilage
1
2009
71
0.290
Why?
Genome
4
2023
407
0.290
Why?
Fibroblast Growth Factors
2
2022
84
0.280
Why?
Sharks
2
2025
16
0.260
Why?
Bone and Bones
2
2024
268
0.250
Why?
Mice
9
2025
12230
0.250
Why?
Osteogenesis
2
2024
273
0.250
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
6
2013
2889
0.240
Why?
Mouth
2
2021
45
0.240
Why?
Cloaca
1
2025
5
0.230
Why?
Species Specificity
3
2014
683
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
1517
0.220
Why?
Xenopus Proteins
1
2024
34
0.210
Why?
Transcription Factors
4
2011
1687
0.210
Why?
Xenopus
1
2024
119
0.210
Why?
Smegmamorpha
1
2004
4
0.210
Why?
Cartilage, Articular
1
2025
76
0.210
Why?
Body Constitution
1
2004
26
0.210
Why?
Humerus
1
2004
32
0.210
Why?
In Situ Hybridization
3
2015
303
0.200
Why?
Blinking
1
2023
11
0.200
Why?
Lower Extremity
1
2024
99
0.190
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2016
309
0.190
Why?
Time Factors
4
2015
5380
0.190
Why?
Spine
1
2024
147
0.190
Why?
Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
2
2016
28
0.190
Why?
Arctic Regions
1
2022
10
0.190
Why?
Prosencephalon
1
2023
67
0.190
Why?
Animal Scales
1
2022
4
0.190
Why?
Perciformes
1
2023
41
0.190
Why?
Pharynx
1
2022
44
0.180
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
2
2009
1980
0.180
Why?
Muscles
2
2019
177
0.180
Why?
Ictaluridae
1
2022
2
0.180
Why?
Multigene Family
2
2016
202
0.180
Why?
Swimming
1
2022
64
0.180
Why?
Locomotion
3
2024
144
0.180
Why?
Robotics
1
2024
267
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?
Transcriptome
2
2024
762
0.160
Why?
Geography
2
2012
240
0.160
Why?
Tail
1
2020
31
0.160
Why?
Notochord
1
2020
21
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
0.130
Why?
Tretinoin
2
2009
128
0.130
Why?
Data Curation
1
2017
10
0.130
Why?
Movement
2
2012
307
0.120
Why?
Datasets as Topic
1
2017
81
0.120
Why?
DNA Footprinting
1
2016
16
0.120
Why?
Congresses as Topic
1
2017
121
0.120
Why?
Lampreys
1
2016
15
0.120
Why?
Gene Knockout Techniques
1
2016
83
0.120
Why?
Greenland
1
2015
6
0.120
Why?
Classification
2
2009
55
0.110
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2021
1732
0.110
Why?
Zebrafish Proteins
3
2025
159
0.110
Why?
Genetic Variation
1
2002
1416
0.110
Why?
Gene Deletion
1
2016
351
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
891
0.110
Why?
History, 21st Century
1
2015
187
0.100
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
3
2019
486
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
193
0.090
Why?
Mice, Transgenic
2
2018
1581
0.090
Why?
Calibration
1
2012
107
0.090
Why?
Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins
1
2011
14
0.090
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2012
312
0.090
Why?
Gait
1
2011
81
0.090
Why?
DNA Repair Enzymes
1
2011
62
0.080
Why?
Extinction, Biological
1
2012
97
0.080
Why?
New Zealand
1
2011
23
0.080
Why?
Embryo, Mammalian
1
2011
217
0.080
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2011
90
0.080
Why?
Australia
1
2011
120
0.080
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2015
555
0.080
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2019
2562
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
21
0.070
Why?
Humans
9
2024
93138
0.070
Why?
Mesoderm
1
2009
121
0.070
Why?
Eye
1
2009
108
0.070
Why?
Testis
1
2009
147
0.070
Why?
Nervous System
1
2009
90
0.070
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2009
280
0.070
Why?
Water
2
2006
306
0.070
Why?
Ovary
1
2009
252
0.070
Why?
Environment
2
2006
230
0.060
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
105
0.050
Why?
Molecular Docking Simulation
1
2023
57
0.050
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
1
2006
1908
0.050
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2023
92
0.050
Why?
X-Ray Microtomography
1
2023
102
0.050
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2008
1768
0.040
Why?
United States
1
2012
7581
0.040
Why?
Hyoid Bone
1
2019
13
0.040
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2005
1719
0.040
Why?
Genetics, Population
1
2002
438
0.040
Why?
Catfishes
1
2018
7
0.030
Why?
Male
3
2025
44360
0.030
Why?
CRISPR-Cas Systems
1
2018
98
0.030
Why?
DNA
1
2023
1260
0.030
Why?
Biological Science Disciplines
1
2017
13
0.030
Why?
Arthropods
1
1997
33
0.030
Why?
Female
3
2025
48547
0.030
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2007
3497
0.030
Why?
Karyotype
1
2016
34
0.030
Why?
Research
1
2017
250
0.030
Why?
Organ Specificity
1
2016
279
0.030
Why?
Chick Embryo
1
2013
174
0.020
Why?
Molecular Sequence Annotation
1
2013
78
0.020
Why?
Immunoglobulin M
1
2013
152
0.020
Why?
Sequence Alignment
1
2013
348
0.020
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
1
2017
2705
0.020
Why?
Video Recording
1
2011
210
0.020
Why?
Morphogenesis
1
2006
204
0.010
Why?
Collagen
1
2004
301
0.010
Why?
Dentition
1
1997
22
0.010
Why?
Wound Healing
1
1998
372
0.010
Why?
Nova Scotia
1
1987
2
0.000
Why?
Invertebrates
1
1987
36
0.000
Why?
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