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wing shape

Description: The geometric form of an organism’s wing, studied as a morphological trait in fields such as evolutionary biology and entomology.
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The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. II. Morphological parameters
1984 · Charles Porter Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 682
Flapping Wing Aerodynamics: Progress and Challenges
2008 · Max F. Platzer, Kevin D. Jones, et al. · AIAA Journal · 542
How swifts control their glide performance with morphing wings
2007 · D. Lentink, U. K. Müller, et al. · Nature · 353
The Flight of Birds
1963 · R. H. J. BROWN · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 339
Wingless Repression of Drosophila frizzled 2 Expression Shapes the Wingless Morphogen Gradient in the Wing
1998 · Kenneth M Cadigan, Matthew P Fish, et al. · Cell · 328
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Wing Shape and Flight Behaviour in Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Preliminary Analysis
1988 · C. R. Betts, R. J. Wootton · Journal of Experimental Biology · 321
Compartments in the wing of Drosophila: A study of the engrailed gene
1976 · P.A. Lawrence, G. Morata · Developmental Biology · 297
Inferring Developmental Modularity from Morphological Integration: Analysis of Individual Variation and Asymmetry in Bumblebee Wings
2001 · Christian Peter Klingenberg, Alexander V. Badyaev, et al. · The American Naturalist · 257
A Wind-Tunnel Study of Gliding Flight in the Pigeon Columba Livia
1968 · C. J. Pennycuick · Journal of Experimental Biology · 213
How a Long Tail and Changes in Mass and Wing Shape Affect the Cost for Flight in Animals
1995 · U. M. Norberg · Functional Ecology · 196
The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group
2014 · Brian Andres, James Clark, et al. · Current Biology · 192
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Combining geometric morphometrics with pattern recognition for the investigation of species complexes
2003 · MICHEL BAYLAC, CLAIRE VILLEMANT, et al. · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 192
The Dimensionality of Genetic Variation for Wing Shape in Drosophila Melanogaster
2005 · Jason G. Mezey, David Houle · Evolution · 190
Automated measurement of Drosophila wings
2003 · David Houle, Jason Mezey, et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 177
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Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in the Lepidoptera
2010 · Cerisse E. Allen, Bas J. Zwaan, et al. · Annual Review of Entomology · 172
Evolution of sexual dimorphism of wing shape in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup
2009 · Nelly A Gidaszewski, Michel Baylac, et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 172
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Do migrant birds have more pointed wings?: A comparative study
1995 · Mikko Mönkkönen · Evolutionary Ecology · 172
Using geometric morphometrics and standard morphometry to discriminate three honeybee subspecies
2008 · Adam Tofilski · Apidologie · 169
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Wing loadings, wing shapes, and flight capabilities of procellariiformes
1977 · John Warham · New Zealand Journal of Zoology · 169
Biomechanics of Flight in Neotropical Butterflies: Morphometries and Kinematics
1990 · Robert Dudley · Journal of Experimental Biology · 164
Rapid evolution of wing size clines in Drosophila subobscura
2001 · George W. Gilchrist, Raymond B. Huey, et al. · Genetica · 160
On the ecomorphology of migrants
1992 · HANS WINKLER, BERND LEISLER · Ibis · 155
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Selection on wing allometry in Drosophila melanogaster.
1990 · K E Weber · Genetics · 149
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Allometric and Nonallometric Components of Drosophila Wing Shape Respond Differently to Developmental Temperature
2003 · Vincent Debat, Mattieu Béagin, et al. · Evolution · 148
Left–right asymmetry of fly wings and the evolution of body axes
1998 · Christian Peter Klingenberg, Grant S. McIntyre, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 142
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Citation count: 28,760
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