Exceptional fossil preservation and evolution of the ray-finned fish brain.

Rodrigo T Figueroa, Danielle Goodvin, Matthew A Kolmann, Michael I Coates, Abigail M Caron, Matt Friedman, Sam Giles

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

Synapsids and sensitivity: Broad survey of tetrapod trigeminal canal morphology supports an evolutionary trend of increasing facial tactile specialization in the mammal lineage.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026
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iFish: a comprehensive multi-omics database for fish genetics, transcriptional regulation, and epigenetic research.Nucleic acids research · 2026
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The SmARTR pipeline: A modular workflow for the cinematic rendering of 3D scientific imaging data.iScience · 2024
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Reconstructing the origin and early evolution of the snake brain.Science advances · 2023
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A brain-wide analysis maps structural evolution to distinct anatomical module.eLife · 2023
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From fossils to mind.Communications biology · 2023
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Fish fossil unfolds clues to vertebrate brain evolution.2023

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Rodrigo T FigueroaDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9862-904X

Danielle GoodvinMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Matthew A KolmannMuseum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Michael I CoatesDepartment of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2843-1075

Abigail M CaronCommittee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0906-8218

Matt FriedmanDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. mfriedm@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0114-7384

Sam GilesNatural History Museum, London, UK. s.giles.1@bham.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9267-4392

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain anatomy provides key evidence for the relationships between ray-finned fishes

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Biological EvolutionBrainFishesFossilsAnimalsCranial NervesPhylogenySkull

Identifiers

PMID36725931

DOI10.1038/s41586-022-05666-1

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