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#51

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According to Wikipedia, Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae with Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.

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Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs (1997) (728)
Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty (2009) (704)
A morphogenetic approach to the origin and basic organization of the tetrapod limb (1986) (573)
The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution (2013) (563)
The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-to-teleost comparisons (2016) (461)
A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan (2006) (385)
The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb (2006) (305)
Earliest known crown-group salamanders (2003) (264)
EVOLUTION AND MORPHOGENETIC RULES: THE SHAPE OF THE VERTEBRATE LIMB IN ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY (1988) (252)
Three-dimensional preservation of foot movements in Triassic theropod dinosaurs (1999) (246)
Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body (2009) (165)
New early Jurassic tetrapod assemblages constrain Triassic-Jurassic tetrapod extinction event. (1987) (151)
An Early Jurassic jumping frog (1995) (146)
Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China (2001) (139)
Sonic hedgehog function in chondrichthyan fins and the evolution of appendage patterning (2007) (125)
An autopodial-like pattern of Hox expression in the fins of a basal actinopterygian fish (2007) (123)
Prosalirus bitis and the anuran caudopelvic mechanism (1998) (115)
Digits and Fin Rays Share Common Developmental Histories (2016) (113)
Open data and digital morphology (2017) (113)
Deep conservation of wrist and digit enhancers in fish (2014) (111)
Expression of HoxD genes in developing and regenerating axolotl limbs. (1998) (101)
A Devonian Tetrapod from North America (1994) (99)
Mandibular and dental characteristics of Late Triassic mammaliaform Haramiyavia and their ramifications for basal mammal evolution (2015) (98)
MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE LIMBS OF TARICHA GRANULOSA (CAUDATA: SALAMANDRIDAE): EVOLUTIONARY AND PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS (1995) (97)
The Early Evolution of the Tetrapod Humerus (2004) (96)
Haramiyids and Triassic mammalian evolution (1997) (93)
Analysis of the African coelacanth genome sheds light on tetrapod evolution (2013) (92)
Behavioral evidence for the evolution of walking and bounding before terrestriality in sarcopterygian fishes (2011) (89)
Shared developmental mechanisms pattern the vertebrate gill arch and paired fin skeletons (2009) (86)
Biogeography of early Mesozoic continental tetrapods: patterns and implications (1991) (81)
The earliest-known duck-billed dinosaur from deposits of late Early Cretaceous age in northwest China and hadrosaur evolution (2003) (81)
The origin of the tetrapod limb: from expeditions to enhancers. (2013) (71)
A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the McCoy Brook Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Nova Scotia, Canada (1994) (66)
Late Jurassic salamandroid from western Liaoning, China (2012) (63)
Pectoral fin and girdle development in the basal actinopterygians Polyodon spathula and Acipenser transmontanus (2004) (63)
Appendage expression driven by the Hoxd Global Control Region is an ancient gnathostome feature (2011) (61)
The Evolution of Paired Fins and the Origin of Tetrapod Limbs (1995) (60)
Pelvic girdle and fin of Tiktaalik roseae (2014) (59)
The First Silesaurid Dinosauriform from the Late Triassic of Morocco (2012) (58)
Salamander limb development: Integrating genes, morphology, and fossils (2011) (56)
The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik roseae (2008) (56)
Phytogeny, Variation, and Morphological Integration (1996) (55)
A conserved Shh cis-regulatory module highlights a common developmental origin of unpaired and paired fins (2018) (55)
A NEW SPECIMEN OF SAURIPTERUS TAYLORI (SARCOPTERYGII, OSTEICHTHYES) FROM THE FAMENNIAN CATSKILL FORMATION OF NORTH AMERICA (2004) (54)
Origin of evolutionary novelty: Examples from limbs (2002) (53)
A DIMINUTIVE PTEROSAUR (PTEROSAURIA: EUDIMORPHODONTIDAE) FROM THE GREENLANDIC TRIASSIC (2001) (51)
New Fossil Evidence on the Sister-Group of Mammals and Early Mesozoic Faunal Distributions (1991) (48)
Great transformations in vertebrate evolution (2015) (46)
Fish with fingers? (1998) (45)
Limb chondrogenesis of the seepage salamander, Desmognathus aeneus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) (2005) (45)
Fossils, genes, and the origin of novelty (2000) (42)
Your Inner Fish (2008) (42)
Late Devonian tetrapod remains from Red Hill, Pennsylvania, USA: how much diversity? (2009) (40)
Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a Reassessment of Head Lifting in Temnospondyl Feeding (2008) (39)
Chondrogenesis and homology of the visceral skeleton in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) (2009) (35)
Regulatory evolution of Tbx5 and the origin of paired appendages (2016) (35)
Molecular mechanisms underlying the exceptional adaptations of batoid fins (2015) (35)
On the cranial structure of a new protosuchid (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the McCoy Brook Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Nova Scotia, Canada (1996) (34)
Affinities of ?Scalenodontoides plemmyridon Hopson, 1984 (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from the Upper Triassic of Nova Scotia (1992) (33)
Limb development in the Pacific giant salamanders, Dicamptodon (Amphibia, Caudata, Dicamptodontidae) (1998) (33)
The future of the fossil record: Paleontology in the 21st century (2015) (32)
Holocephalan embryos provide evidence for gill arch appendage reduction and opercular evolution in cartilaginous fishes (2011) (30)
7 – HISTORY, ONTOGENY, AND EVOLUTION OF THE ARCHETYPE (1994) (30)
Cis-regulatory programs in the development and evolution of vertebrate paired appendages. (2016) (29)
Chemokine C-C motif ligand 33 is a key regulator of teleost fish barbel development (2018) (24)
The Implications of “The Bauplan” for Development and Evolution of the Tetrapod Limb (1991) (23)
Organogenesis in deep time: A problem in genomics, development, and paleontology (2015) (23)
ANAGLYPH STEREO IMAGING OF DINOSAUR TRACK MORPHOLOGY AND MICROTOPOGRAPHY (2005) (22)
A LARGE ORNITHOMIMID PES FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF THE MAZONGSHAN AREA, NORTHERN GANSU PROVINCE, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (2003) (21)
Origin of the Mammalian Shoulder (2015) (18)
The evolution of gnathostome development: Insight from chondrichthyan embryology (2009) (17)
Major Transformations in Vertebrate Breathing Mechanisms (2015) (17)
Evolution of Hind Limb Posture in Triassic Archosauriforms (2015) (17)
A New Species of Laccognathus (Sarcopterygii, Porolepiformes) from the Late Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (2011) (16)
Correction: Corrigendum: The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons (2016) (14)
Evolution of Whales from Land to Sea (2015) (13)
Fossils, Trackways, and Transitions in Locomotion: A Case Study of Dimetrodon (2015) (13)
Fin ray patterns at the fin-to-limb transition (2019) (12)
Evolution of the Mammalian Nose (2015) (11)
Respiratory Turbinates and the Evolution of Endothermy in Mammals and Birds (2015) (11)
The feeding system of Tiktaalik roseae: an intermediate between suction feeding and biting (2021) (11)
Cyclotosaurus naraserluki, sp. nov., a New Late Triassic Cyclotosaurid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Fleming Fjord Formation of the Jameson Land Basin (East Greenland) (2017) (11)
Vertebrate palaeontology: Evolutionary cut and paste (1998) (11)
Holoptychius bergmanni sp. nov. (Sarcopterygii, Porolepiformes) from the Upper Devonian of Nunavut, Canada, and a Review of Holoptychius Taxonomy (2013) (10)
Anatomical Transformations and Respiratory innovations of the Archosaur Trunk (2015) (10)
The evolutionary origins and diversity of the neuromuscular system of paired appendages in batoids (2019) (10)
Evolution of the Vertebrate Dentition: Teeth Transform Jaws Into a Biting Force (2015) (10)
Origin of the Tetrapod Neck and Shoulder (2015) (9)
Ontogenetic and evolutionary transformations:The ecological significance of rudimentary structures (2015) (9)
Ontogeny of the anuran urostyle and the developmental context of evolutionary novelty (2020) (9)
Origin of the Turtle Body Plan (2015) (7)
Evolutionary biology: Lost and found (2004) (7)
Salamander-like tail regeneration in the West African lungfish (2020) (7)
Major Transformations in the Evolution of Primate Locomotion (2015) (7)
Flexible fins and fin rays as key transformations in ray-finned fishes (2015) (7)
The Shh/Gli3 gene regulatory network precedes the origin of paired fins and reveals the deep homology between distal fins and digits (2020) (7)
Evolution: The deep genetic roots of tetrapod-specific traits (2021) (6)
This old body. (2009) (6)
The little skate genome and the evolutionary emergence of wing-like fin appendages (2022) (6)
Feeding kinematics and morphology of the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula, Lacépède, 1803) (2019) (6)
Response to Comment on "The Early Evolution of the Tetrapod Humerus" (2004) (5)
Museums' role: increasing knowledge. (2013) (5)
Eusthenopteron jenkinsi sp. nov. (Sarcopterygii, Tristichopteridae) from the Upper Devonian of Nunavut, Canada, and a Review of Eusthenopteron Taxonomy (2018) (5)
Gene regulatory networks and network models in development and evolution (2017) (5)
How do Homoplasies Arise? Origin and Maintenance of Reproductive Modes in Amphibians (2015) (5)
Making limbs from fins. (2012) (5)
A New Large-Bodied Species of Bothriolepis (Antiarchi) from the Upper Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (2016) (4)
The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People (2013) (4)
Going from small to large: mechanical implications of body size diversity in terrestrial mammals (2015) (4)
Rampant Homoplasy in Complex Characters: Repetitive Convergent Evolution of Amphibian Feeding Structures (2015) (4)
Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic development of the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) (2021) (3)
Response: triassic-jurassic extinctions. (1988) (3)
Feeding Kinematics And Morphology Of The Alligator Gar (Atractosteus Spatula, Lacépède, 1803): Feeding Mechanics Of Atractosteus Spatula (2019) (3)
The Age of Transformation: The Triassic Period and the Rise of Today's Land Vertebrate Fauna (2015) (3)
Your Inner Fish: The Amazing Discovery of Our 375-Million-Year-Old Ancestor (2009) (2)
The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik (2008) (2)
Title Expression of HoxD genes in developing and regenerating axolotl (1998) (2)
Sauripterus Hall, 1843 (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii): Proposed Conservation As The Correct Original Spelling (2002) (2)
In search of adventure (2009) (2)
The West African lungfish provides insights into the evolution of tetrapod tail regeneration (2020) (2)
FISH OUT OF WATER (2008) (1)
The origin of blinking in both mudskippers and tetrapods is linked to life on land (2023) (1)
Tetrapod origins (1995) (1)
Extinction in Deep Time (2019) (1)
Placental Evolution in Therian Mammals (2015) (1)
The little skate genome and the evolutionary emergence of wing-like fins (2023) (1)
A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic (2022) (1)
The universe within : a scientific adventure (2014) (1)
Skeletons in motion: an animator's perspective on vertebrate evolution (2015) (0)
Presentation: Your Inner Fish (2011) (0)
A conserved Shh cis-regulatory module highlights a common developmental origin of unpaired and paired fins (2018) (0)
Farish A. Jenkins Jr (1940–2012) (2012) (0)
Guest Editorial (2015) (0)
University of Birmingham Open data and digital morphology (2017) (0)
Title : Intergenerational microbial transmission in the little skate ( Leucoraja erinacea ) 1 Running Title : Microbial transmission in the little skate 2 (2020) (0)
Developmental Mechanisms of Morphological Transitions: Examples from Archosaurian Evolution (2015) (0)
Bacterial community dynamics during embryonic development of the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) (2021) (0)
Giving Fish a Hand (2003) (0)
Evolutionary relevance of single nucleotide variants within the forebrain exclusive human accelerated enhancer regions (2023) (0)
Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution.— Edited by Kenneth P. Dial, Neil Shubin, and Elizabeth L. Brainerd (2016) (0)
Rates of evolution and homoplasy (1992) (0)
The Carl Gustaf Bernhard lecture: Finding the fish within (2014) (0)
Intergenerational microbial transmission in the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) (2020) (0)
Microevolution and the Genetic Basis of Vertebrate Diversity: Examples from Teleost Fishes (2015) (0)
Fish out water: Human ailments as varied as hernias, hiccups, and choking are a legacy of our "fishy" ancestry. (2008) (0)
Oil-Gas Prospects of the Southeast Carpathians (1980) (0)
Conserved mechanisms in vertebrate A/P appendage patterning (2006) (0)
Fossils Everywhere (2012) (0)
Asterolepis alticristata n. sp. (Antiarchi) from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of Nunavut, Canada, and a report on the antiarch diversity of the Fram Formation (2019) (0)
Evolution's Russian doll (2008) (0)
Ossification patterns of the carpus and tarsus in salamanders and impacts of preaxial dominance on the fin-to-limb transition (2022) (0)
The Joy of Exploration (2015) (0)
Molecular Basis of Urostyle Development: Genes and Gene Regulation Underlying an Evolutionary Novelty (2021) (0)
Supplementary material from "Open data and digital morphology" (2017) (0)
Fossils, genes, and the origin of organs (2011) (0)
QnAs with Neil Shubin. (2014) (0)
Tree Density and Fire Scarring in Minnesota Oak Savanna: Implications for Restoration (2008) (0)
Axial regionalization in Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of quadrupedal locomotion (2023) (0)
A break from the bench (2009) (0)
An Fgf–Shh positive feedback loop drives growth in developing unpaired fins (2022) (0)
Comparative genomic analysis of human GLI2 locus using slowly evolving fish revealed the ancestral gnathostome set of early developmental enhancers (2020) (0)

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