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Mark Westneat

Concepts (193)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Perciformes
25
2024
37
9.020
Why?
Fishes
26
2025
141
6.170
Why?
Phylogeny
32
2025
1231
3.340
Why?
Swimming
12
2020
63
3.240
Why?
Skull
10
2025
260
3.110
Why?
Feeding Behavior
13
2025
335
3.020
Why?
Jaw
14
2025
73
2.890
Why?
Biological Evolution
22
2025
996
2.560
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
32
2025
488
2.350
Why?
Animal Fins
6
2020
52
1.960
Why?
Tetraodontiformes
4
2022
7
1.800
Why?
Predatory Behavior
7
2025
46
1.560
Why?
Kinesis
2
2022
5
1.540
Why?
Animals
71
2025
28059
1.420
Why?
Coral Reefs
3
2022
10
0.960
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
7
2024
867
0.950
Why?
Behavior, Animal
5
2018
387
0.920
Why?
Gait
2
2019
83
0.840
Why?
Beak
1
2023
9
0.840
Why?
Species Specificity
14
2019
694
0.810
Why?
Somatotypes
1
2022
3
0.790
Why?
Biodiversity
5
2025
225
0.780
Why?
Locomotion
6
2018
140
0.680
Why?
Body Size
5
2024
95
0.630
Why?
Genetic Speciation
4
2025
120
0.610
Why?
Muscles
2
2019
190
0.610
Why?
Coleoptera
3
2013
15
0.600
Why?
Eating
1
2019
168
0.590
Why?
Masticatory Muscles
5
2006
19
0.560
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2016
1112
0.510
Why?
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
2
2019
607
0.500
Why?
Extremities
3
2017
177
0.500
Why?
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4
1
2015
15
0.490
Why?
Bass
1
2015
2
0.480
Why?
Trachea
5
2023
291
0.480
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2016
107
0.480
Why?
Conservation of Natural Resources
2
2013
88
0.460
Why?
Suction
3
2022
38
0.430
Why?
Fossils
3
2022
372
0.430
Why?
Weapons
1
2013
2
0.410
Why?
Sharks
1
2013
16
0.400
Why?
Tooth
1
2013
53
0.390
Why?
X-Rays
4
2022
138
0.380
Why?
Ecology
1
2012
78
0.370
Why?
Smegmamorpha
2
2025
4
0.370
Why?
Bayes Theorem
6
2017
391
0.370
Why?
Likelihood Functions
6
2017
252
0.370
Why?
Animal Structures
2
2013
25
0.360
Why?
Classification
2
2012
54
0.360
Why?
Synchrotrons
3
2009
31
0.350
Why?
Electromyography
5
2020
191
0.340
Why?
Models, Biological
8
2013
1785
0.330
Why?
Mastication
2
2006
78
0.330
Why?
Geography
3
2007
234
0.320
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
6
2015
876
0.310
Why?
Carbon Dioxide
3
2009
205
0.310
Why?
Genes, Regulator
1
2008
65
0.290
Why?
Radiographic Magnification
1
2008
16
0.290
Why?
Physiology
1
2008
17
0.280
Why?
Eels
1
2007
1
0.280
Why?
DNA, Mitochondrial
6
2008
189
0.280
Why?
Pharynx
1
2007
44
0.280
Why?
Touch Perception
2
2018
68
0.260
Why?
Branchial Region
1
2006
16
0.250
Why?
Bite Force
4
2008
30
0.250
Why?
Birds
3
2016
169
0.240
Why?
Oceans and Seas
3
2025
32
0.240
Why?
Respiration
3
2022
269
0.240
Why?
Genomics
2
2024
805
0.230
Why?
Vision, Ocular
1
2005
71
0.230
Why?
Insecta
4
2023
53
0.230
Why?
Ligaments
1
2005
34
0.230
Why?
Anthozoa
2
2016
14
0.230
Why?
Muscle Contraction
2
2013
287
0.220
Why?
Video Recording
6
2008
204
0.220
Why?
Head
2
2022
127
0.210
Why?
Genome
2
2024
397
0.210
Why?
Air Sacs
1
2023
3
0.210
Why?
X-Ray Microtomography
2
2024
95
0.210
Why?
Gryllidae
1
2003
2
0.200
Why?
Arthropods
1
2023
31
0.200
Why?
Animal Distribution
2
2013
25
0.200
Why?
Sequence Alignment
5
2017
358
0.190
Why?
Escape Reaction
1
2002
12
0.190
Why?
Motor Activity
3
2005
330
0.190
Why?
Mouth
1
2022
49
0.190
Why?
Ants
1
2003
53
0.190
Why?
Forelimb
1
2001
20
0.180
Why?
Turtles
1
2001
15
0.180
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2005
475
0.180
Why?
Ecosystem
2
2023
371
0.170
Why?
Micronesia
2
2013
5
0.170
Why?
Pacific Ocean
2
2025
19
0.160
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2018
995
0.160
Why?
Hyoid Bone
1
2019
12
0.160
Why?
Physical Endurance
1
2019
10
0.160
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
3
2005
259
0.150
Why?
Dinoflagellida
2
2016
4
0.150
Why?
Mitochondria
2
2015
595
0.150
Why?
Feedback, Sensory
1
2018
30
0.140
Why?
Elastic Modulus
1
2018
38
0.140
Why?
Hydrodynamics
1
2018
19
0.140
Why?
Sucking Behavior
2
1999
5
0.140
Why?
Touch
1
2018
105
0.140
Why?
Fish Proteins
2
2008
20
0.140
Why?
Scattering, Radiation
2
2016
118
0.130
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2017
211
0.130
Why?
Models, Anatomic
1
2016
92
0.130
Why?
Body Patterning
1
2018
216
0.130
Why?
Principal Component Analysis
1
2016
164
0.120
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal
2
2005
70
0.110
Why?
Cell Nucleus
2
2008
612
0.110
Why?
Analysis of Variance
2
2006
899
0.110
Why?
Indian Ocean
1
2013
2
0.100
Why?
History, 19th Century
1
2013
57
0.100
Why?
Flight, Animal
2
2003
25
0.100
Why?
Papua New Guinea
1
2012
3
0.100
Why?
Bays
1
2012
4
0.100
Why?
Movement
3
2018
317
0.100
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
3
2005
3023
0.100
Why?
Neck Muscles
1
1992
18
0.100
Why?
Population Density
1
2012
63
0.090
Why?
Vocalization, Animal
1
1993
103
0.090
Why?
Population Dynamics
1
2012
142
0.090
Why?
Models, Genetic
2
2008
969
0.090
Why?
Base Sequence
4
2017
2324
0.090
Why?
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
1
1992
203
0.090
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2012
118
0.090
Why?
Aging
2
2008
742
0.080
Why?
Grasshoppers
1
2009
13
0.080
Why?
Respiratory Transport
1
2008
2
0.080
Why?
Software
1
2013
677
0.080
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
2
2005
1247
0.080
Why?
Diffusion
2
2013
91
0.070
Why?
Genes, Mitochondrial
1
2008
10
0.070
Why?
Genes, rRNA
1
2008
7
0.070
Why?
Microradiography
1
2008
2
0.070
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2018
2685
0.070
Why?
Linear Models
1
2009
427
0.070
Why?
Time Factors
2
2007
5431
0.070
Why?
Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
1
2007
31
0.070
Why?
Deglutition
1
2007
79
0.070
Why?
Computer Systems
1
2007
79
0.070
Why?
Histological Techniques
1
2005
36
0.060
Why?
Eye Movements
1
2005
119
0.060
Why?
Pseudogenes
1
2004
35
0.060
Why?
Australia
1
2004
102
0.050
Why?
Diet
2
2024
448
0.050
Why?
Gene Rearrangement
1
2004
176
0.050
Why?
Symbiosis
2
2016
130
0.050
Why?
Light
2
2016
295
0.050
Why?
Tidal Volume
1
2003
55
0.050
Why?
DNA, Ribosomal
1
2002
52
0.050
Why?
Male
4
2020
43929
0.050
Why?
Oxygen
2
2009
762
0.050
Why?
Thorax
1
2003
75
0.050
Why?
RNA, Transfer
1
2004
167
0.050
Why?
Pressure
1
2003
169
0.050
Why?
Muscle Proteins
1
2002
131
0.040
Why?
Phenotype
2
2023
2503
0.040
Why?
Water
1
2022
292
0.040
Why?
DNA
1
2005
1314
0.040
Why?
Radiography
2
2013
794
0.040
Why?
Diagnostic Imaging
1
2003
461
0.040
Why?
Motor Neurons
1
1999
169
0.040
Why?
Habituation, Psychophysiologic
1
1998
13
0.040
Why?
Base Composition
1
2017
37
0.030
Why?
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
1
2016
5
0.030
Why?
Photobleaching
1
2016
8
0.030
Why?
Robotics
1
2018
268
0.030
Why?
Animals, Newborn
2
1998
524
0.030
Why?
Genetic Variation
1
2002
1391
0.030
Why?
Temperature
1
2016
405
0.030
Why?
Convection
1
2013
11
0.030
Why?
Neck
1
1993
96
0.030
Why?
Reflex, Stretch
1
1992
5
0.020
Why?
Biology
1
2012
52
0.020
Why?
Internet
1
2013
331
0.020
Why?
Rats
2
1998
4073
0.020
Why?
Body Temperature
1
2009
128
0.020
Why?
Atlantic Ocean
1
2008
7
0.020
Why?
X-Ray Diffraction
1
2007
129
0.020
Why?
Female
1
2008
47901
0.010
Why?
Gene Order
1
2004
23
0.010
Why?
Genes, Duplicate
1
2004
20
0.010
Why?
Algorithms
1
2013
1960
0.010
Why?
Base Pairing
1
2004
56
0.010
Why?
Cluster Analysis
1
2004
376
0.010
Why?
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
1
2002
173
0.010
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
1
2004
1078
0.010
Why?
DNA Primers
1
2002
543
0.010
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
1
2004
2075
0.010
Why?
Sucrose
1
1998
65
0.010
Why?
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