Karen E. Sears

Karen E. Sears

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 29

North America-United States

About Karen E. Sears

Karen E. Sears, With an exceptional h-index of 29 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, specializes in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, mammalian evolution, morphological evolution, paleontology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology

Expanding the Evo-Devo Toolkit: Generation of 3D mammary tissue from diverse mammals

The role of core and variable gene regulatory network modules in tooth development and evolution

Correction: Castration delays epigenetic aging and feminizes DNA methylation at androgen-regulated loci

Pedomorphosis in the ancestry of marsupial mammals

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development

Bat teeth illuminate the diversification of mammalian tooth classes

Karen E. Sears Information

University

Position

Professor and Chair Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Citations(all)

2736

Citations(since 2020)

1522

Cited By

1774

hIndex(all)

29

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

59

i10Index(since 2020)

44

Email

University Profile Page

University of California, Los Angeles

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Karen E. Sears Skills & Research Interests

evolutionary developmental biology

mammalian evolution

morphological evolution

paleontology

Top articles of Karen E. Sears

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology

Current Biology

David M Grossnickle

Alexa Sadier

Edward Patterson

Nashaly N Cortés-Viruet

Stephanie M Jiménez-Rivera

...

2024/3/25

Expanding the Evo-Devo Toolkit: Generation of 3D mammary tissue from diverse mammals

Development

Hahyung Y Kim

Ishani Sinha

Karen E Sears

Charlotte Kuperwasser

Gat Rauner

2024/1/15

The role of core and variable gene regulatory network modules in tooth development and evolution

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Alexa Sadier

Sharlene E Santana

Karen E Sears

2023/7

Correction: Castration delays epigenetic aging and feminizes DNA methylation at androgen-regulated loci

Elife

Victoria J Sugrue

Joseph Alan Zoller

Pritika Narayan

Ake T Lu

Oscar J Ortega-Recalde

...

2023/10/13

Pedomorphosis in the ancestry of marsupial mammals

Current Biology

Heather E White

Abigail S Tucker

Vincent Fernandez

Roberto Portela Miguez

Lionel Hautier

...

2023/6/5

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

Nature aging

Ake T Lu

Zhe Fei

Amin Haghani

Todd R Robeck

JA Zoller

...

2023/9

Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development

BMC biology

Neal Anthwal

Daniel J Urban

Alexa Sadier

Risa Takenaka

Simon Spiro

...

2023/5/4

Bat teeth illuminate the diversification of mammalian tooth classes

Nature communications

Alexa Sadier

Neal Anthwal

Andrew L Krause

Renaud Dessalles

Michael Lake

...

2023/8/22

On the cusp of adaptive change: the hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats

bioRxiv

David M Grossnickle

Alexa Aline Sadier

Edward Patterson

Nashaly N Cortes-Viruet

Stephanie Jimenez Rivera

...

2023

DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits

Science

Amin Haghani

Caesar Z Li

Todd R Robeck

Joshua Zhang

Ake T Lu

...

2023/8/11

Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution

The Anatomical Record

Neal Anthwal

Ronald P Hall

Frederick Aneudy de la Rosa Hernandez

Michael Koger

Laurel R Yohe

...

2023/11/23

Disentangling mechanical and sensory modules in the radiation of Noctilionoid bats

The American Naturalist

Gregory L Mutumi

Ronald P Hall

Brandon P Hedrick

Laurel R Yohe

Alexa Sadier

...

2023/8/1

Bat dentitions: a model system for studies at the interface of development, biomechanics, and evolution

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Sharlene E Santana

David M Grossnickle

Alexa Sadier

Edward Patterson

Karen E Sears

2022/9

Unraveling the heritage of lost traits

Alexa Sadier

Karen E Sears

Molly Womack

2022/1

Comparison of hindlimb muscle architecture properties in small-bodied, generalist mammals suggests similarity in soft tissue anatomy

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Mark A Wright

Karen E Sears

Stephanie E Pierce

2022/9

Epigenetic clock and methylation studies in marsupials: opossums, Tasmanian devils, kangaroos, and wallabies

GeroScience

Steve Horvath

Amin Haghani

Joseph A Zoller

Ken Raj

Ishani Sinha

...

2022/6

Ecological constraints on highly evolvable olfactory receptor genes and morphology in neotropical bats

Evolution

Laurel R Yohe

Matteo Fabbri

Daniela Lee

Kalina TJ Davies

Thomas P Yohe

...

2022/10/1

Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials

Cell

Shaohong Feng

Ming Bai

Iker Rivas-González

Cai Li

Shiping Liu

...

2022/5/12

Limb development, evolution, and regeneration and repair: Part two

Developmental dynamics: an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists

Jérôme Gros

Megan Davey

Karen E Sears

2022/9

Integrative Organismal Biology

Emmanuelle Chrétien

Daniel Boisclair

Steven J Cooke

Shaun S Killen

2021

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