Kathleen K. Smith

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

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Kathleen K. Smith is a scholar working on Paleontology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen K. Smith has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Paleontology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Kathleen K. Smith's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (9 papers). Kathleen K. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (9 papers). Kathleen K. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Switzerland. Kathleen K. Smith's co-authors include William M. Kier, Anna L. Keyte, Charles L. Nunn, V. Louise Roth, Samantha A. Price, Samantha S. B. Hopkins, Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra, Richard A. Schneider, William L. Hylander and Sirpa Nummela and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Development.

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Kathleen K. Smith

55 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Tongues, tentacles and trunks: the biomechanics of movement in muscular-hydrostats

1985 696 citations William M. Kier, Kathleen K. Smith Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Heterochrony and developmental timing mechanisms: Changing ontogenies in evolution 2014 ·Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Anna L. Keyte, Kathleen K. Smith	52
2	The evolution and development of the mammalian dentition: Insights from the marsupial Monodelphis domestica 2009 ·Developmental Biology ·Jacqueline E. Moustakas‐Verho, Kathleen K. Smith, Leslea J. Hlusko	3
3	The Future of Synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2009 ·Stephen R. Carpenter, (unknown), Peter Arzberger, Terry Chapin, James J. Elser, Edward J. Hackett, (unknown), Peter Kareiva, Mathew A. Leibold, Per Lundberg, Marc Mangel, Nirav Merchant, William W. Murdoch, Margaret A. Palmer, Debra P. C. Peters, Steward T. A. Pickett, Kathleen K. Smith, Diana H. Wall, Ann Zimmerman	3
4	Monodelphis Whole-Embryo Culture 2008 ·Cold Spring Harbor Protocols ·Anna L. Keyte, Kathleen K. Smith	4
5	Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization in Monodelphis Embryos 2008 ·Cold Spring Harbor Protocols ·Anna L. Keyte, Kathleen K. Smith	6
6	Building a marsupial neonate: Evolution of the limb development program in opossum 2008 ·Developmental Biology ·Anna L. Keyte, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kathleen K. Smith	3
7	Limb heterochrony in a marsupial, M. domestica 2006 ·Developmental Biology ·Anna L. Keyte, (unknown), Kathleen K. Smith	3
8	Craniofacial development in marsupial mammals: Developmental origins of evolutionary change 2006 ·Developmental Dynamics ·Kathleen K. Smith	87
9	Time's arrow: heterochrony and the evolution of development 2003 ·The International Journal of Developmental Biology ·Kathleen K. Smith	124
10	Early differentiation and migration of cranial neural crest in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica 2003 ·Evolution & Development ·(unknown), Kathleen K. Smith	48
11	Sequence Heterochrony and the Evolution of Development 2002 ·Journal of Morphology ·Kathleen K. Smith	93
12	Heterochrony revisited: the evolution of developmental sequences 2001 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Kathleen K. Smith	241
13	Extreme bilateral molar rotation in monodelphis domestica (marsupialia: didelphidae) 1997 ·Archives of Oral Biology ·(unknown), Kathleen K. Smith	5
14	Are Neuromotor Systems Conserved in Evolution? 1994 ·Brain Behavior and Evolution ·Kathleen K. Smith	61
15	Cranial osteogenesis in Monodelphis domestica (Didelphidae) and Macropus eugenii (Macropodidae) 1993 ·Journal of Morphology ·(unknown), Kathleen K. Smith	114
16	Trunks, Tongues, and Tentacles: Moving with Skeletons of Muscle 1989 ·American Scientist ·Kathleen K. Smith, William M. Kier	172
17	Histological demonstration of muscle spindles in the tongue of the rat 1989 ·Archives of Oral Biology ·Kathleen K. Smith	29
18	Form and function of the tongue in agamid lizards with comments on its phylogenetic significance 1988 ·Journal of Morphology ·Kathleen K. Smith	58
19	Tongues, tentacles and trunks: the biomechanics of movement in muscular-hydrostats breakdown → 1985 ·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·William M. Kier, Kathleen K. Smith	696
20	An electromyographic study of the function of the jaw adducting muscles inVaranus exanthematicus(varanidae) 1982 ·Journal of Morphology ·Kathleen K. Smith	84

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