Published in Evolution on May 01, 2006
Conservatism and diversification of plant functional traits: Evolutionary rates versus phylogenetic signal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.94
Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.91
An adaptive threshold in mammalian neocortical evolution. PLoS Biol (2014) 1.84
The niche, biogeography and species interactions. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2011) 1.68
Comparative transcriptomics reveals patterns of selection in domesticated and wild tomato. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.63
Five Drosophila genomes reveal nonneutral evolution and the signature of host specialization in the chemoreceptor superfamily. Genetics (2007) 1.60
Are rates of species diversification correlated with rates of morphological evolution? Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.36
Is your phylogeny informative? Measuring the power of comparative methods. Evolution (2012) 1.31
Phylogenetic conservatism of environmental niches in mammals. Proc Biol Sci (2011) 1.27
Speciation along a depth gradient in a marine adaptive radiation. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 1.19
High dispersal ability inhibits speciation in a continental radiation of passerine birds. Proc Biol Sci (2011) 1.19
Evolution of herbivory in Drosophilidae linked to loss of behaviors, antennal responses, odorant receptors, and ancestral diet. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015) 1.16
Rapid diversification associated with a macroevolutionary pulse of developmental plasticity. Elife (2015) 1.16
Morphological innovation, diversification and invasion of a new adaptive zone. Proc Biol Sci (2011) 1.14
Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes? BMC Evol Biol (2009) 1.10
Phylogenetic analysis using Lévy processes: finding jumps in the evolution of continuous traits. Syst Biol (2012) 1.03
Selective loss of polymorphic mating types is associated with rapid phenotypic evolution during morphic speciation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.02
Evidence for adaptive radiation from a phylogenetic study of plant defenses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.01
Life history influences rates of climatic niche evolution in flowering plants. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.01
Aquatic adaptations in the nose of carnivorans: evidence from the turbinates. J Anat (2011) 1.00
Phylogenetically clustered extinction risks do not substantially prune the Tree of Life. PLoS One (2011) 0.98
Using phylogenetics to detect pollinator-mediated floral evolution. New Phytol (2010) 0.98
Testing the island effect in adaptive radiation: rates and patterns of morphological diversification in Caribbean and mainland Anolis lizards. Proc Biol Sci (2008) 0.97
Behavioural changes and the adaptive diversification of pigeons and doves. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.94
Assessing trait covariation and morphological integration on phylogenies using evolutionary covariance matrices. PLoS One (2014) 0.93
Rarity, species richness, and the threat of extinction--are plants the same as animals? PLoS Biol (2011) 0.92
Phylogenetic molecular species delimitations unravel potential new species in the pest genus Spodoptera Guenée, 1852 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). PLoS One (2015) 0.90
Sexual dimorphism in primate aerobic capacity: a phylogenetic test. J Evol Biol (2010) 0.89
Habitat use affects morphological diversification in dragon lizards. J Evol Biol (2010) 0.89
Low ecological disparity in Early Cretaceous birds. Proc Biol Sci (2014) 0.88
Inferring ancestral states without assuming neutrality or gradualism using a stable model of continuous character evolution. BMC Evol Biol (2014) 0.87
Trophic specialization influences the rate of environmental niche evolution in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Proc Biol Sci (2012) 0.86
The impact of phylogenetic dating method on interpreting trait evolution: a case study of Cretaceous-Palaeogene eutherian body-size evolution. Biol Lett (2016) 0.86
Expression evolution facilitated the convergent neofunctionalization of a sodium channel gene. Mol Biol Evol (2014) 0.86
Diversity, disparity, and evolutionary rate estimation for unresolved Yule trees. Syst Biol (2013) 0.85
The role of pollinator diversity in the evolution of corolla-shape integration in a pollination-generalist plant clade. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2014) 0.85
Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes. BMC Evol Biol (2012) 0.85
Recombination, chromosome number and eusociality in the Hymenoptera. J Evol Biol (2015) 0.85
High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds. Evolution (2014) 0.84
Inferring evolutionary histories of pathway regulation from transcriptional profiling data. PLoS Comput Biol (2013) 0.84
Fossils and living taxa agree on patterns of body mass evolution: a case study with Afrotheria. Proc Biol Sci (2015) 0.84
Plant genome horizons: Michael Bennett's contribution to genome research. Ann Bot (2008) 0.83
Biomechanical trade-offs bias rates of evolution in the feeding apparatus of fishes. Proc Biol Sci (2011) 0.83
Crossing the line: increasing body size in a trans-Wallacean lizard radiation (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkota). Biol Lett (2014) 0.83
Phylogenetic niche conservatism - common pitfalls and ways forward. Funct Ecol (2015) 0.81
On the measurement of ecological novelty: scale-eating pupfish are separated by 168 my from other scale-eating fishes. PLoS One (2013) 0.80
Revisiting the impacts of non-random extinction on the tree-of-life. Biol Lett (2013) 0.80
Experimental evidence that the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model best describes the evolution of leaf litter decomposability. Ecol Evol (2014) 0.80
Rates and modes of body size evolution in early carnivores and herbivores: a case study from Captorhinidae. PeerJ (2016) 0.79
Morphological disparity opposes latitudinal diversity gradient in lacertid lizards. Biol Lett (2014) 0.79
Are more diverse parts of the mammalian skull more labile? Ecol Evol (2016) 0.79
Mechanical sensitivity and the dynamics of evolutionary rate shifts in biomechanical systems. Proc Biol Sci (2017) 0.78
Testing the island effect on phenotypic diversification: insights from the Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Sci Rep (2016) 0.78
Decoupled evolution of floral traits and climatic preferences in a clade of Neotropical Gesneriaceae. BMC Evol Biol (2015) 0.78
Accelerated body size evolution during cold climatic periods in the Cenozoic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017) 0.77
Phylogenetic ANOVA: The Expression Variance and Evolution Model for Quantitative Trait Evolution. Syst Biol (2015) 0.77
Rates of ecological divergence and body size evolution are correlated with species diversification in scaly tree ferns. Proc Biol Sci (2016) 0.77
RidgeRace: ridge regression for continuous ancestral character estimation on phylogenetic trees. Bioinformatics (2014) 0.77
Comparative analysis of Japanese three-spined stickleback clades reveals the Pacific Ocean lineage has adapted to freshwater environments while the Japan Sea has not. PLoS One (2014) 0.76
Simultaneously estimating evolutionary history and repeated traits phylogenetic signal: applications to viral and host phenotypic evolution. Methods Ecol Evol (2015) 0.76
Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus. Proc Biol Sci (2017) 0.75
Bayesian species delimitation in Pleophylla chafers (Coleoptera) - the importance of prior choice and morphology. BMC Evol Biol (2016) 0.75
Niche-tracking migrants and niche-switching residents: evolution of climatic niches in New World warblers (Parulidae). Proc Biol Sci (2016) 0.75
Partner abundance controls mutualism stability and the pace of morphological change over geologic time. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017) 0.75
How predation shaped fish: the impact of fin spines on body form evolution across teleosts. Proc Biol Sci (2015) 0.75
What explains patterns of species richness? The relative importance of climatic-niche evolution, morphological evolution, and ecological limits in salamanders. Ecol Evol (2016) 0.75
Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds. Nat Commun (2016) 0.75
Morphological diversity in tenrecs (Afrosoricida, Tenrecidae): comparing tenrec skull diversity to their closest relatives. PeerJ (2015) 0.75
Not-so-early bursts and the dynamic nature of morphological diversification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015) 0.75
The Small Nuclear Genomes of Selaginella Are Associated with a Low Rate of Genome Size Evolution. Genome Biol Evol (2016) 0.75
Evolution of sexual dimorphism in the digit ratio 2D:4D--relationships with body size and microhabitat use in iguanian lizards. PLoS One (2011) 0.75
Sharpening the species boundaries in the Cladonia mediterranea complex (Cladoniaceae, Ascomycota). Persoonia (2015) 0.75
Anhydrobiosis and freezing-tolerance: adaptations that facilitate the establishment of Panagrolaimus nematodes in polar habitats. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
Assessing the Goodness of Fit of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: A Meta-Analysis and Simulation Study. PLoS One (2013) 0.75
Comparative tests of the role of dewlap size in Anolis lizard speciation. Proc Biol Sci (2016) 0.75
Species divergence and phylogenetic variation of ecophysiological traits in lianas and trees. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
Evolution of the elaborate male intromittent organ of Xiphophorus fishes. Ecol Evol (2016) 0.75
Improving phylogenetic regression under complex evolutionary models. Ecology (2016) 0.75
Integrative taxonomy by molecular species delimitation: multi-locus data corroborate a new species of Balkan Drusinae micro-endemics. BMC Evol Biol (2017) 0.75
Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 3.84
Angiosperm phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa. Am J Bot (2011) 3.54
A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well-supported subclades within the family. Am J Bot (2004) 3.32
Prospects for building the tree of life from large sequence databases. Science (2004) 2.56
Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 2.26
The frequency of calcium oscillations induced by 5-HT, ACH, and KCl determine the contraction of smooth muscle cells of intrapulmonary bronchioles. J Gen Physiol (2005) 2.15
Mutations in Hydin impair ciliary motility in mice. J Cell Biol (2008) 2.06
Angiosperm divergence times: the effect of genes, codon positions, and time constraints. Evolution (2005) 2.04
Phylogenetic supermatrix analysis of GenBank sequences from 2228 papilionoid legumes. Syst Biol (2006) 2.00
Assessing the quality of molecular divergence time estimates by fossil calibrations and fossil-based model selection. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2004) 1.96
The role of pollinator shifts in the floral diversification of Iochroma (Solanaceae). Evolution (2008) 1.92
BUCKy: gene tree/species tree reconciliation with Bayesian concordance analysis. Bioinformatics (2010) 1.91
Fine-scale phylogenetic discordance across the house mouse genome. PLoS Genet (2009) 1.83
Acetylcholine-induced calcium signaling and contraction of airway smooth muscle cells in lung slices. J Gen Physiol (2002) 1.82
Morphology predicts suction feeding performance in centrarchid fishes. J Exp Biol (2004) 1.77
Spatial and temporal patterns of water flow generated by suction-feeding bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus resolved by Particle Image Velocimetry. J Exp Biol (2005) 1.74
Modulation of the Ca2+ sensitivity of airway smooth muscle cells in murine lung slices. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2006) 1.61
Evolution of genome size in pines (Pinus) and its life-history correlates: supertree analyses. Evolution (2004) 1.59
Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull function in reef fishes of the family Labridae. Proc Biol Sci (2005) 1.54
Evolutionary dynamics of complex biomechanical systems: an example using the four-bar mechanism. Evolution (2004) 1.50
Quantification of flow during suction feeding in bluegill sunfish. Zoology (Jena) (2003) 1.49
Raptorial jaws in the throat help moray eels swallow large prey. Nature (2007) 1.46
The ciliary rootlet maintains long-term stability of sensory cilia. Mol Cell Biol (2005) 1.43
Use of sonomicrometry demonstrates the link between prey capture kinematics and suction pressure in largemouth bass. J Exp Biol (2002) 1.43
The contraction of smooth muscle cells of intrapulmonary arterioles is determined by the frequency of Ca2+ oscillations induced by 5-HT and KCl. J Gen Physiol (2005) 1.42
Evolutionary consequences of many-to-one mapping of jaw morphology to mechanics in labrid fishes. Am Nat (2005) 1.39
TRPV4 channel participates in receptor-operated calcium entry and ciliary beat frequency regulation in mouse airway epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.36
Oscillations in ciliary beat frequency and intracellular calcium concentration in rabbit tracheal epithelial cells induced by ATP. J Physiol (2003) 1.34
Intercellular Ca(2+) waves: mechanisms and function. Physiol Rev (2012) 1.32
Allometry indicates giant eyes of giant squid are not exceptional. BMC Evol Biol (2013) 1.31
Airway smooth muscle relaxation results from a reduction in the frequency of Ca2+ oscillations induced by a cAMP-mediated inhibition of the IP3 receptor. Respir Res (2006) 1.30
The small-world dynamics of tree networks and data mining in phyloinformatics. Bioinformatics (2003) 1.29
A linear-time algorithm for Gaussian and non-Gaussian trait evolution models. Syst Biol (2014) 1.29
Timing is everything: coordination of strike kinematics affects the force exerted by suction feeding fish on attached prey. J Exp Biol (2007) 1.26
Projecting mechanics into morphospace: disparity in the feeding system of labrid fishes. Proc Biol Sci (2002) 1.26
Piscivory limits diversification of feeding morphology in centrarchid fishes. Evolution (2009) 1.25
Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 1.25
Functional innovations and morphological diversification in parrotfish. Evolution (2010) 1.20
Performance of flip supertree construction with a heuristic algorithm. Syst Biol (2004) 1.20
Multiple fitness peaks on the adaptive landscape drive adaptive radiation in the wild. Science (2013) 1.20
Supertree bootstrapping methods for assessing phylogenetic variation among genes in genome-scale data sets. Syst Biol (2006) 1.19
A mathematical model of airway and pulmonary arteriole smooth muscle. Biophys J (2007) 1.19
Ciliary beat frequency is maintained at a maximal rate in the small airways of mouse lung slices. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2006) 1.18
A multiscale, spatially distributed model of asthmatic airway hyper-responsiveness. J Theor Biol (2010) 1.18
Nematode small subunit phylogeny correlates with alignment parameters. Syst Biol (2006) 1.17
Comparative analysis of morphological diversity: does disparity accumulate at the same rate in two lineages of centrarchid fishes? Evolution (2005) 1.17
Influence of airway wall stiffness and parenchymal tethering on the dynamics of bronchoconstriction. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2010) 1.16
Airway contractility and smooth muscle Ca(2+) signaling in lung slices from different mouse strains. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2003) 1.16
Accelerated mitochondrial evolution and "Darwin's corollary": asymmetric viability of reciprocal F1 hybrids in Centrarchid fishes. Genetics (2008) 1.15
The contribution of Ca2+ signaling and Ca2+ sensitivity to the regulation of airway smooth muscle contraction is different in rats and mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2009) 1.15
Using functional morphology to examine the ecology and evolution of specialization. Integr Comp Biol (2002) 1.14
Nocturnality constrains morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes. BMC Evol Biol (2011) 1.13
Relationships among seed plants inferred from highly conserved genes: sorting conflicting phylogenetic signals among ancient lineages. Am J Bot (2002) 1.13
Multidimensional analysis of suction feeding performance in fishes: fluid speed, acceleration, strike accuracy and the ingested volume of water. J Exp Biol (2006) 1.13
Comparing two Bayesian methods for gene tree/species tree reconstruction: simulations with incomplete lineage sorting and horizontal gene transfer. Syst Biol (2011) 1.13
Proteomic analysis of the winter-protected phenotype of hibernating ground squirrel intestine. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2008) 1.12
Discordance between morphological and mechanical diversity in the feeding mechanism of centrarchid fishes. Evolution (2006) 1.12
Human airway contraction and formoterol-induced relaxation is determined by Ca2+ oscillations and Ca2+ sensitivity. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2009) 1.11
Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes? BMC Evol Biol (2009) 1.10
ATP stimulates Ca2+ oscillations and contraction in airway smooth muscle cells of mouse lung slices. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2002) 1.09
Covarion structure in plastid genome evolution: a new statistical test. Mol Biol Evol (2004) 1.09
Contractility and Ca2+ signaling of smooth muscle cells in different generations of mouse airways. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2006) 1.08
Using HSV-1 genome phylogenetics to track past human migrations. PLoS One (2013) 1.06
Sucking while swimming: evaluating the effects of ram speed on suction generation in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus using digital particle image velocimetry. J Exp Biol (2005) 1.06
M1 muscarinic receptors inhibit L-type Ca2+ current and M-current by divergent signal transduction cascades. J Neurosci (2006) 1.06
Nitric oxide induces airway smooth muscle cell relaxation by decreasing the frequency of agonist-induced Ca2+ oscillations. J Gen Physiol (2010) 1.05
Do potatoes and tomatoes have a single evolutionary history, and what proportion of the genome supports this history? BMC Evol Biol (2009) 1.05
Trophic novelty is linked to exceptional rates of morphological diversification in two adaptive radiations of Cyprinodon pupfish. Evolution (2011) 1.04
Linking cranial kinematics, buccal pressure, and suction feeding performance in largemouth bass. Physiol Biochem Zool (2003) 1.04
A multi-scale approach to airway hyperresponsiveness: from molecule to organ. Front Physiol (2012) 1.04
Functional morphology of extreme jaw protrusion in Neotropical cichlids. J Morphol (2003) 1.03
Fossil calibrations and molecular divergence time estimates in centrarchid fishes (Teleostei: Centrarchidae). Evolution (2005) 1.03
Ion channel regulation of intracellular calcium and airway smooth muscle function. Pulm Pharmacol Ther (2008) 1.01
An integrative modeling approach to elucidate suction-feeding performance. J Exp Biol (2012) 1.00
The contribution of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors to agonist-induced Ca(2+) signaling of airway smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2009) 0.99
Nuclear gene-inferred phylogenies resolve the relationships of the enigmatic Pygmy Sunfishes, Elassoma (Teleostei: Percomorpha). Mol Phylogenet Evol (2012) 0.99
Effects of formoterol on contraction and Ca2+ signaling of mouse airway smooth muscle cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2009) 0.98
Relaxed molecular clocks, the bias-variance trade-off, and the quality of phylogenetic inference. Syst Biol (2009) 0.97
Large-scale patterns of diversification in the widespread legume genus Senna and the evolutionary role of extrafloral nectaries. Evolution (2010) 0.97
Integrating the determinants of suction feeding performance in centrarchid fishes. J Exp Biol (2008) 0.97
Locating evolutionary precursors on a phylogenetic tree. Evolution (2012) 0.97
Influence of sexual selection and feeding functional morphology on diversification rate of parrotfishes (Scaridae). Proc Biol Sci (2009) 0.97
Bitter tasting compounds dilate airways by inhibiting airway smooth muscle calcium oscillations and calcium sensitivity. Br J Pharmacol (2014) 0.97
Scaling of suction-induced flows in bluegill: morphological and kinematic predictors for the ontogeny of feeding performance. J Exp Biol (2008) 0.96
Endothelin-induced contraction of bronchiole and pulmonary arteriole smooth muscle cells is regulated by intracellular Ca2+ oscillations and Ca2+ sensitization. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2007) 0.96
Convergent evolution as a generator of phenotypic diversity in threespine stickleback. Evolution (2013) 0.96
A mathematical analysis of agonist- and KCl-induced Ca(2+) oscillations in mouse airway smooth muscle cells. Biophys J (2010) 0.95
Effects of albuterol isomers on the contraction and Ca2+ signaling of small airways in mouse lung slices. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2007) 0.95
Muscle function and power output during suction feeding in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol (2006) 0.95
The pressures of suction feeding: the relation between buccal pressure and induced fluid speed in centrarchid fishes. J Exp Biol (2006) 0.93
The significance of few versus many in the tree of life. Science (2004) 0.93
CD28 and ITK signals regulate autoreactive T cell trafficking. Nat Med (2013) 0.93
Diversity and evolution of a trait mediating ant-plant interactions: insights from extrafloral nectaries in Senna (Leguminosae). Ann Bot (2012) 0.91
Biodiversity in water and on land. Curr Biol (2012) 0.91
Anterior-to-posterior wave of buccal expansion in suction feeding fishes is critical for optimizing fluid flow velocity profile. J R Soc Interface (2008) 0.91
Jaw protrusion enhances forces exerted on prey by suction feeding fishes. J R Soc Interface (2008) 0.90
Motor pattern control for increasing crushing force in the striped burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi). Zoology (Jena) (2004) 0.89
Phylogeny, biogeography, and rates of diversification of New World Astragalus (Leguminosae) with an emphasis on South American radiations. Am J Bot (2008) 0.89