| The developmental origin of zygodactyl feet and its possible loss in the evolution of Passeriformes JF Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, D Nuñez-Leon, S Soto-Acuna, AO Vargas Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1788), 20140765, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| New developmental evidence clarifies the evolution of wrist bones in the dinosaur–bird transition JF Botelho, L Ossa-Fuentes, S Soto-Acuña, D Smith-Paredes, ... PLoS Biology 12 (9), e1001957, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
| Skeletal plasticity in response to embryonic muscular activity underlies the development and evolution of the perching digit of birds J Francisco Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, S Soto-Acuña, J Mpodozis, ... Scientific Reports 5 (1), 9840, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| Dinosaur ossification centres in embryonic birds uncover developmental evolution of the skull D Smith-Paredes, D Núñez-León, S Soto-Acuña, J O’Connor, JF Botelho, ... Nature ecology & evolution 2 (12), 1966, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Altriciality and the evolution of toe orientation in birds JF Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, AO Vargas Evolutionary Biology 42, 502-510, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Involvement of the avian song system in reproductive behaviour JM Wild, JF Botelho Biology letters 11 (12), 20150773, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| New developmental evidence supports a homeotic frameshift of digit identity in the evolution of the bird wing M Salinas-Saavedra, C Gonzalez-Cabrera, L Ossa-Fuentes, JF Botelho, ... Frontiers in zoology 11, 1-10, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Molecular development of fibular reduction in birds and its evolution from dinosaurs JF Botelho, D Smith-Paredes, S Soto-Acuna, J O'Connor, V Palma, ... Evolution 70 (3), 543-554, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| Bizarre tail weaponry in a transitional ankylosaur from subantarctic Chile S Soto-Acuña, AO Vargas, J Kaluza, MA Leppe, JF Botelho, ... Nature 600 (7888), 259-263, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| The evolution of developmental modes in the new avian phylogenetic tree. JF Botelho, M Faunes Evolution & development 17 (4), 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| ONDE ESTÁ O ORGANISMO? ONDE ESTÁ O ORGANISMO? N Vaz, J Mpodozis, JF Botelho, G Ramos UFSC, 2011 | 19 | 2011 |
| On the hodological criterion for homology M Faunes, J Francisco Botelho, P Ahumada Galleguillos, J Mpodozis Frontiers in Neuroscience 9, 99584, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Greater growth of proximal metatarsals in bird embryos and the evolution of hallux position in the grasping foot JF Botelho, D Smith‐Paredes, S Soto‐Acuña, D Núñez‐León, V Palma, ... Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Teoria dos Sistemas de Desenvolvimento e autopoiese JF Botelho Discussão de novos paradigmas: vida, embriologia, evolução, 39-67, 2011 | 10 | 2011 |
| Innervation of the syrinx of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) M Faunes, JF Botelho, JM Wild Journal of Comparative Neurology 525 (13), 2847-2860, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Sonic hedgehog (Shh)/Gli modulates the spatial organization of neuroepithelial cell proliferation in the developing chick optic tectum M Rapacioli, J Botelho, G Cerda, S Duarte, M Elliot, V Palma, V Flores BMC neuroscience 13, 1-19, 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| The evolutionary consequences of epigenesis and neutral change: A conceptual approach at the organismal level AO Vargas, JF Botelho, J Mpodozis Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| The developing bird pelvis passes through ancestral dinosaurian conditions CT Griffin, JF Botelho, M Hanson, M Fabbri, D Smith-Paredes, RM Carney, ... Nature 608 (7922), 346-352, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| Epigênese radical: a perspectiva dos sistemas desenvolvimentais JF Botelho Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2007 | 5* | 2007 |
| The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem S Egawa, CT Griffin, PJ Bishop, R Pintore, HP Tsai, JF Botelho, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1984), 20220740, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
Alexander O. VargasProfessor of Evolution, University of ChileVerified email at uchile.cl
