| Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans MR McGowen, M Spaulding, J Gatesy Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 53 (3), 891-906, 2009 | 331 | 2009 |
| Morphological and molecular evidence for a stepwise evolutionary transition from teeth to baleen in mysticete whales TA Deméré, MR McGowen, A Berta, J Gatesy Systematic biology 57 (1), 15-37, 2008 | 238 | 2008 |
| A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale J Gatesy, JH Geisler, J Chang, C Buell, A Berta, RW Meredith, ... Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 66 (2), 479-506, 2013 | 178 | 2013 |
| A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea JH Geisler, MR McGowen, G Yang, J Gatesy BMC evolutionary biology 11 (1), 1-33, 2011 | 163 | 2011 |
| The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes TA Deméré, A Berta, MR McGowen Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12 (1), 99-143, 2005 | 128 | 2005 |
| Timing and tempo of early and successive adaptive radiations in Macaronesia SC Kim, MR McGowen, P Lubinsky, JC Barber, ME Mort, A Santos-Guerra PLoS One 3 (5), e2139, 2008 | 120 | 2008 |
| Comparative analysis of encephalization in mammals reveals relaxed constraints on anthropoid primate and cetacean brain scaling AM Boddy, MR McGowen, CC Sherwood, LI Grossman, M Goodman, ... Journal of evolutionary biology 25 (5), 981-994, 2012 | 119 | 2012 |
| Genome-wide adaptive complexes to underground stresses in blind mole rats Spalax X Fang, E Nevo, L Han, EY Levanon, J Zhao, A Avivi, D Larkin, X Jiang, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 1-11, 2014 | 108 | 2014 |
| Relaxed clocks and inferences of heterogeneous patterns of nucleotide substitution and divergence time estimates across whales and dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea) A Dornburg, MC Brandley, MR McGowen, TJ Near Molecular Biology and Evolution 29 (2), 721-736, 2012 | 104 | 2012 |
| The vestigial olfactory receptor subgenome of odontocete whales: phylogenetic congruence between gene-tree reconciliation and supermatrix methods MR McGowen, C Clark, J Gatesy Systematic biology 57 (4), 574-590, 2008 | 90 | 2008 |
| Dolphin genome provides evidence for adaptive evolution of nervous system genes and a molecular rate slowdown MR McGowen, LI Grossman, DE Wildman Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1743), 3643-3651, 2012 | 87 | 2012 |
| Molecular evolution tracks macroevolutionary transitions in Cetacea MR McGowen, J Gatesy, DE Wildman Trends in ecology & evolution 29 (6), 336-346, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
| Galectins: guardians of eutherian pregnancy at the maternal–fetal interface NG Than, R Romero, CJ Kim, MR McGowen, Z Papp, DE Wildman Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism 23 (1), 23-31, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| Toward the resolution of an explosive radiation—a multilocus phylogeny of oceanic dolphins (Delphinidae) MR McGowen Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60 (3), 345-357, 2011 | 83 | 2011 |
| The evolutionary history of cetacean brain and body size SH Montgomery, JH Geisler, MR McGowen, C Fox, L Marino, J Gatesy Evolution 67 (11), 3339-3353, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
| Description of Montanazhdarcho minor, an azhdarchid pterosaur from the Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) of Montana MR McGowen, K Padian, MA De Sosa, RJ Harmon PaleoBios 22 (1), 1-9, 2002 | 43 | 2002 |
| Genomic methods take the plunge: recent advances in high-throughput sequencing of marine mammals KM Cammen, KR Andrews, EL Carroll, AD Foote, E Humble, ... Journal of Heredity 107 (6), 481-495, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Phylogenomic resolution of the cetacean tree of life using target sequence capture MR McGowen, G Tsagkogeorga, S Álvarez-Carretero, M Dos Reis, ... Systematic Biology 69 (3), 479-501, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| The core transcriptome of mammalian placentas and the divergence of expression with placental shape DL Armstrong, MR McGowen, A Weckle, P Pantham, J Caravas, D Agnew, ... Placenta 57, 71-78, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| A phylogenomic analysis of the role and timing of molecular adaptation in the aquatic transition of cetartiodactyl mammals G Tsagkogeorga, MR McGowen, KTJ Davies, S Jarman, A Polanowski, ... Royal Society open science 2 (9), 150156, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
John GatesyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryVerified email at amnh.org
