Class information for:
Level 1: VIVIPARITY//PLACENTOTROPHY//OVIPARITY

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
6617 1463 44.8 55%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
13 4 ZOOLOGY//MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY//FISHERIES 1013533
255 3       JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY//ZOOLOGY//HERPETOLOGICA 45078
317 2             JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY//LIZARD//HERPETOLOGICA 18316
6617 1                   VIVIPARITY//PLACENTOTROPHY//OVIPARITY 1463

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 VIVIPARITY authKW 1090264 9% 38% 136
2 PLACENTOTROPHY authKW 598083 2% 87% 33
3 OVIPARITY authKW 393714 3% 44% 43
4 BASSIANA DUPERREYI authKW 231174 1% 92% 12
5 EGG INCUBATION authKW 213803 2% 41% 25
6 HATCHLING PHENOTYPE authKW 208701 1% 100% 10
7 CHORIOALLANTOIS authKW 194778 1% 67% 14
8 TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION authKW 191894 3% 24% 38
9 EVOLUTION OF VIVIPARITY authKW 168346 1% 73% 11
10 MATERNAL MANIPULATION HYPOTHESIS authKW 166960 1% 100% 8

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Zoology 39206 53% 0% 773
2 Evolutionary Biology 7332 15% 0% 220
3 Anatomy & Morphology 5660 9% 0% 127
4 Ecology 4264 20% 0% 291
5 Physiology 1281 11% 0% 161
6 Biology 818 7% 0% 107
7 Developmental Biology 402 4% 0% 54
8 Biodiversity Conservation 308 2% 0% 36
9 Genetics & Heredity 270 7% 0% 103
10 Reproductive Biology 193 3% 0% 38

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 HANGZHOU ANIM SCI TECHNOL 137057 1% 39% 17
2 BIOL SCI A08 114629 4% 10% 53
3 MED SCI ANAT HISTOL 90420 1% 33% 13
4 INTEGRAT PHYSIOL GRP 90175 1% 39% 11
5 BIOL REPROD VERTEBRADOS 80142 1% 30% 13
6 HANGZHOU ANIM EVOLUT AD TAT 46956 0% 75% 3
7 LONG TERM OURCE MONITORING PROGRAM REACH 26 41736 0% 50% 4
8 HANGZHOU ANIM AD TAT EVOLUT 36718 1% 14% 13
9 PARASITOL PHARMACEUT 35769 0% 29% 6
10 BIOL REPROD ANIM 32494 1% 17% 9

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 49190 6% 3% 92
2 JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 36043 5% 2% 78
3 HERPETOLOGICA 31692 4% 3% 52
4 HERPETOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS 28066 1% 11% 12
5 PHYSIOLOGICAL ZOOLOGY 18464 2% 3% 34
6 COPEIA 16357 4% 1% 59
7 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 15663 2% 2% 32
8 JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY 13769 2% 3% 25
9 HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL 13460 2% 3% 24
10 JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 9666 1% 3% 18

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 VIVIPARITY 1090264 9% 38% 136 Search VIVIPARITY Search VIVIPARITY
2 PLACENTOTROPHY 598083 2% 87% 33 Search PLACENTOTROPHY Search PLACENTOTROPHY
3 OVIPARITY 393714 3% 44% 43 Search OVIPARITY Search OVIPARITY
4 BASSIANA DUPERREYI 231174 1% 92% 12 Search BASSIANA+DUPERREYI Search BASSIANA+DUPERREYI
5 EGG INCUBATION 213803 2% 41% 25 Search EGG+INCUBATION Search EGG+INCUBATION
6 HATCHLING PHENOTYPE 208701 1% 100% 10 Search HATCHLING+PHENOTYPE Search HATCHLING+PHENOTYPE
7 CHORIOALLANTOIS 194778 1% 67% 14 Search CHORIOALLANTOIS Search CHORIOALLANTOIS
8 TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION 191894 3% 24% 38 Search TEMPERATURE+DEPENDENT+SEX+DETERMINATION Search TEMPERATURE+DEPENDENT+SEX+DETERMINATION
9 EVOLUTION OF VIVIPARITY 168346 1% 73% 11 Search EVOLUTION+OF+VIVIPARITY Search EVOLUTION+OF+VIVIPARITY
10 MATERNAL MANIPULATION HYPOTHESIS 166960 1% 100% 8 Search MATERNAL+MANIPULATION+HYPOTHESIS Search MATERNAL+MANIPULATION+HYPOTHESIS

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 BLACKBURN, DG , (2015) VIVIPAROUS PLACENTOTROPHY IN REPTILES AND THE PARENT-OFFSPRING CONFLICT.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION. VOL. 324. ISSUE 6. P. 532 -548 99 79% 2
2 STEWART, JR , (2015) PLACENTAL SPECIALIZATIONS IN LECITHOTROPHIC VIVIPAROUS SQUAMATE REPTILES.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION. VOL. 324. ISSUE 6. P. 549 -561 76 93% 1
3 GIRLING, JE , (2002) THE REPTILIAN OVIDUCT: A REVIEW OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. VOL. 293. ISSUE 2. P. 141 -170 109 79% 54
4 SHINE, R , (2014) EVOLUTION OF AN EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESIS: A HISTORY OF CHANGING IDEAS ABOUT THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF VIVIPARITY IN REPTILES.JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY. VOL. 48. ISSUE 2. P. 147 -161 66 89% 14
5 GRIFFITH, OW , BLACKBURN, DG , BRANDLEY, MC , VAN DYKE, JU , WHITTINGTON, CM , THOMPSON, MB , (2015) ANCESTRAL STATE RECONSTRUCTIONS REQUIRE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE TO TEST EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESES: A CASE STUDY EXAMINING THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODE IN SQUAMATE REPTILES.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION. VOL. 324. ISSUE 6. P. 493 -503 72 74% 10
6 VAN DYKE, JU , BRANDLEY, MC , THOMPSON, MB , (2014) THE EVOLUTION OF VIVIPARITY: MOLECULAR AND GENOMIC DATA FROM SQUAMATE REPTILES ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF LIVE BIRTH IN AMNIOTES.REPRODUCTION. VOL. 147. ISSUE 1. P. R15 -R26 85 68% 12
7 DU, WG , SHINE, R , (2015) THE BEHAVIOURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF BIRD AND REPTILE EMBRYOS IN RESPONSE TO UNPREDICTABLE VARIATION IN NEST TEMPERATURE.BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. VOL. 90. ISSUE 1. P. 19 -30 72 62% 8
8 BLACKBURN, DG , (2015) EVOLUTION OF VERTEBRATE VIVIPARITY AND SPECIALIZATIONS FOR FETAL NUTRITION: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS.JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY. VOL. 276. ISSUE 8. P. 961 -990 90 39% 23
9 STEWART, JR , (2013) FETAL NUTRITION IN LECITHOTROPHIC SQUAMATE REPTILES: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR EVOLUTION OF VIVIPARITY AND PLACENTATION.JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY. VOL. 274. ISSUE 7. P. 824-843 49 89% 17
10 BLACKBURN, DG , (2000) REPTILIAN VIVIPARITY: PAST RESEARCH, FUTURE DIRECTIONS, AND APPROPRIATE MODELS.COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. VOL. 127. ISSUE 4. P. 391 -409 74 71% 96

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 4918 LIZARD//JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY//TEIIDAE
2 5863 SELECTED BODY TEMPERATURE//OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE//JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
3 1519 CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY//TESTUDINES//EMYDIDAE
4 12392 CROCODYLUS ACUTUS//AMERICAN ALLIGATOR//ALLIGATOR
5 15857 INSTANTANEOUS HEART RATE//HEART RATE IRREGULARITIES//MEAN HEART RATE
6 1951 SEA TURTLE//CARETTA CARETTA//CHELONIA MYDAS
7 1844 SNAKE//JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY//BOIGA IRREGULARIS
8 29479 EMBRYONIC AUTOREGULATIONS//ENDOGENOUS AMINO COMPOUNDS//AMILORIDE INSENSITIVE SCC
9 23277 PHRYNOCEPHALUS//CHELONOIDIS//CTENOSAURA
10 22802 CNEMIDOPHORUS//CNEMIDOPHORUS DIXONI//CNEMIDOPHORUS TESSELATUS

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