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Mark Westneat

Concepts (194)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Perciformes
25
2024
41
8.640
Why?
Fishes
27
2025
144
6.120
Why?
Phylogeny
33
2025
1266
3.230
Why?
Swimming
12
2020
64
3.110
Why?
Skull
10
2025
270
2.960
Why?
Feeding Behavior
13
2025
337
2.920
Why?
Jaw
14
2025
75
2.770
Why?
Biological Evolution
23
2025
1020
2.580
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
32
2025
489
2.250
Why?
Animal Fins
6
2020
54
1.880
Why?
Tetraodontiformes
4
2022
7
1.730
Why?
Predatory Behavior
7
2025
48
1.490
Why?
Kinesis
2
2022
5
1.480
Why?
Animals
72
2025
28155
1.380
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
8
2025
878
1.060
Why?
Coral Reefs
3
2022
10
0.920
Why?
Behavior, Animal
5
2018
390
0.880
Why?
Gait
2
2019
83
0.810
Why?
Beak
1
2023
9
0.810
Why?
Species Specificity
14
2019
684
0.770
Why?
Somatotypes
1
2022
4
0.750
Why?
Biodiversity
5
2025
239
0.750
Why?
Locomotion
6
2018
145
0.650
Why?
Body Size
5
2024
98
0.600
Why?
Genetic Speciation
4
2025
121
0.590
Why?
Muscles
2
2019
184
0.580
Why?
Coleoptera
3
2013
18
0.580
Why?
Eating
1
2019
162
0.560
Why?
Masticatory Muscles
5
2006
19
0.540
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2016
1118
0.500
Why?
Extremities
3
2017
176
0.480
Why?
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
2
2019
608
0.480
Why?
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4
1
2015
16
0.470
Why?
Bass
1
2015
2
0.460
Why?
Trachea
5
2023
245
0.460
Why?
Fossils
4
2025
388
0.460
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2016
112
0.450
Why?
Conservation of Natural Resources
2
2013
99
0.440
Why?
Suction
3
2022
38
0.420
Why?
Weapons
1
2013
2
0.390
Why?
Sharks
1
2013
16
0.390
Why?
Genome
3
2025
407
0.380
Why?
Tooth
1
2013
56
0.380
Why?
Genomics
3
2025
848
0.370
Why?
X-Rays
4
2022
138
0.370
Why?
Ecology
1
2012
82
0.360
Why?
Smegmamorpha
2
2025
4
0.350
Why?
Bayes Theorem
6
2017
402
0.350
Why?
Likelihood Functions
6
2017
256
0.350
Why?
Animal Structures
2
2013
27
0.340
Why?
Classification
2
2012
55
0.340
Why?
Synchrotrons
3
2009
33
0.340
Why?
Models, Biological
8
2013
1768
0.320
Why?
Electromyography
5
2020
198
0.320
Why?
Mastication
2
2006
78
0.320
Why?
Geography
3
2007
240
0.310
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
6
2015
893
0.300
Why?
Carbon Dioxide
3
2009
203
0.300
Why?
Genes, Regulator
1
2008
59
0.280
Why?
Radiographic Magnification
1
2008
16
0.270
Why?
Physiology
1
2008
17
0.270
Why?
Eels
1
2007
1
0.270
Why?
Pharynx
1
2007
44
0.260
Why?
DNA, Mitochondrial
6
2008
200
0.260
Why?
Touch Perception
2
2018
32
0.260
Why?
Branchial Region
1
2006
15
0.240
Why?
Bite Force
4
2008
31
0.240
Why?
Birds
3
2016
172
0.230
Why?
Oceans and Seas
3
2025
34
0.230
Why?
Respiration
3
2022
269
0.220
Why?
Vision, Ocular
1
2005
73
0.220
Why?
Insecta
4
2023
55
0.220
Why?
Ligaments
1
2005
34
0.220
Why?
Anthozoa
2
2016
14
0.220
Why?
Muscle Contraction
2
2013
256
0.210
Why?
Ecosystem
3
2025
396
0.210
Why?
Video Recording
6
2008
212
0.210
Why?
Head
2
2022
131
0.200
Why?
Air Sacs
1
2023
3
0.200
Why?
X-Ray Microtomography
2
2024
101
0.200
Why?
Gryllidae
1
2003
2
0.190
Why?
Arthropods
1
2023
33
0.190
Why?
Animal Distribution
2
2013
30
0.190
Why?
Sequence Alignment
5
2017
352
0.190
Why?
Escape Reaction
1
2002
13
0.180
Why?
Motor Activity
3
2005
323
0.180
Why?
Mouth
1
2022
45
0.180
Why?
Ants
1
2003
56
0.180
Why?
Forelimb
1
2001
19
0.170
Why?
Turtles
1
2001
15
0.170
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2005
474
0.170
Why?
Micronesia
2
2013
5
0.160
Why?
Pacific Ocean
2
2025
19
0.150
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2018
985
0.150
Why?
Hyoid Bone
1
2019
13
0.150
Why?
Physical Endurance
1
2019
11
0.150
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
3
2005
259
0.150
Why?
Dinoflagellida
2
2016
4
0.150
Why?
Feedback, Sensory
1
2018
22
0.140
Why?
Mitochondria
2
2015
612
0.140
Why?
Touch
1
2018
51
0.140
Why?
Elastic Modulus
1
2018
34
0.140
Why?
Hydrodynamics
1
2018
20
0.140
Why?
Sucking Behavior
2
1999
5
0.130
Why?
Fish Proteins
2
2008
20
0.130
Why?
Scattering, Radiation
2
2016
122
0.130
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2017
209
0.120
Why?
Body Patterning
1
2018
214
0.120
Why?
Models, Anatomic
1
2016
87
0.120
Why?
Principal Component Analysis
1
2016
167
0.110
Why?
Cell Nucleus
2
2008
603
0.110
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal
2
2005
65
0.110
Why?
Analysis of Variance
2
2006
884
0.100
Why?
Indian Ocean
1
2013
2
0.100
Why?
History, 19th Century
1
2013
56
0.100
Why?
Movement
3
2018
304
0.090
Why?
Flight, Animal
2
2003
26
0.090
Why?
Papua New Guinea
1
2012
3
0.090
Why?
Bays
1
2012
4
0.090
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
3
2005
2910
0.090
Why?
Neck Muscles
1
1992
19
0.090
Why?
Vocalization, Animal
1
1993
104
0.090
Why?
Population Density
1
2012
70
0.090
Why?
Base Sequence
4
2017
2220
0.090
Why?
Population Dynamics
1
2012
144
0.090
Why?
Models, Genetic
2
2008
970
0.090
Why?
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
1
1992
196
0.090
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2012
124
0.080
Why?
Aging
2
2008
727
0.080
Why?
Grasshoppers
1
2009
13
0.080
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
2
2005
1234
0.070
Why?
Software
1
2013
670
0.070
Why?
Respiratory Transport
1
2008
2
0.070
Why?
Diffusion
2
2013
90
0.070
Why?
Genes, Mitochondrial
1
2008
11
0.070
Why?
Genes, rRNA
1
2008
7
0.070
Why?
Microradiography
1
2008
2
0.070
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2018
2585
0.070
Why?
Linear Models
1
2009
413
0.070
Why?
Time Factors
2
2007
5410
0.070
Why?
Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
1
2007
28
0.060
Why?
Computer Systems
1
2007
64
0.060
Why?
Deglutition
1
2007
85
0.060
Why?
Cetacea
1
2025
7
0.060
Why?
Histological Techniques
1
2005
33
0.060
Why?
Eye Movements
1
2005
119
0.050
Why?
Pseudogenes
1
2004
35
0.050
Why?
Australia
1
2004
123
0.050
Why?
Gene Rearrangement
1
2004
168
0.050
Why?
Diet
2
2024
460
0.050
Why?
Light
2
2016
288
0.050
Why?
Symbiosis
2
2016
128
0.050
Why?
Tidal Volume
1
2003
61
0.050
Why?
DNA, Ribosomal
1
2002
55
0.050
Why?
Oxygen
2
2009
769
0.050
Why?
Male
4
2020
44557
0.050
Why?
Thorax
1
2003
78
0.050
Why?
RNA, Transfer
1
2004
168
0.050
Why?
Pressure
1
2003
166
0.050
Why?
Muscle Proteins
1
2002
129
0.040
Why?
Phenotype
2
2023
2544
0.040
Why?
Water
1
2022
307
0.040
Why?
DNA
1
2005
1265
0.040
Why?
Radiography
2
2013
790
0.040
Why?
Diagnostic Imaging
1
2003
452
0.040
Why?
Motor Neurons
1
1999
176
0.030
Why?
Habituation, Psychophysiologic
1
1998
14
0.030
Why?
Base Composition
1
2017
36
0.030
Why?
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
1
2016
6
0.030
Why?
Photobleaching
1
2016
7
0.030
Why?
Robotics
1
2018
269
0.030
Why?
Animals, Newborn
2
1998
522
0.030
Why?
Genetic Variation
1
2002
1415
0.030
Why?
Temperature
1
2016
424
0.030
Why?
Convection
1
2013
11
0.020
Why?
Neck
1
1993
98
0.020
Why?
Reflex, Stretch
1
1992
4
0.020
Why?
Biology
1
2012
51
0.020
Why?
Internet
1
2013
337
0.020
Why?
Rats
2
1998
4072
0.020
Why?
Body Temperature
1
2009
131
0.020
Why?
Atlantic Ocean
1
2008
9
0.020
Why?
X-Ray Diffraction
1
2007
131
0.020
Why?
Female
1
2008
48702
0.010
Why?
Gene Order
1
2004
24
0.010
Why?
Algorithms
1
2013
1953
0.010
Why?
Genes, Duplicate
1
2004
20
0.010
Why?
Base Pairing
1
2004
55
0.010
Why?
Cluster Analysis
1
2004
391
0.010
Why?
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
1
2002
159
0.010
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
1
2004
1052
0.010
Why?
DNA Primers
1
2002
531
0.010
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
1
2004
2012
0.010
Why?
Sucrose
1
1998
64
0.010
Why?
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