| Evolution of animal regeneration: re-emergence of a field AE Bely, KG Nyberg Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25 (3), 161-170, 2010 | 636 | 2010 |
| Response of invertebrates to lotic disturbance: a test of the hyporheic refuge hypothesis MA Palmer, AE Bely, KE Berg Oecologia 89 (2), 182-194, 1992 | 300 | 1992 |
| Distribution of segment regeneration ability in the Annelida AE Bely Integrative and Comparative Biology 46 (4), 508-518, 2006 | 228 | 2006 |
| Molecular phylogeny of naidid worms (Annelida: Clitellata) based on cytochrome oxidase I AE Bely, GA Wray Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 30 (1), 50-63, 2004 | 207 | 2004 |
| Evolution of regeneration and fission in annelids: insights from engrailed-and orthodenticle-class gene expression AE Bely, GA Wray Development 128 (14), 2781-2791, 2001 | 179 | 2001 |
| Evolutionary loss of animal regeneration: pattern and process AE Bely Integrative and comparative biology 50 (4), 515-527, 2010 | 155 | 2010 |
| Lessons from leeches: a call for DNA barcoding in the lab AE Bely, DA Weisblat Evolution & development 8 (6), 491-501, 2006 | 125 | 2006 |
| Latent regeneration abilities persist following recent evolutionary loss in asexual annelids AE Bely, JM Sikes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (4), 1464-1469, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| Developmental and molecular biology of annelid regeneration: a comparative review of recent studies BD Özpolat, AE Bely Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 40, 144-153, 2016 | 109 | 2016 |
| Early events in annelid regeneration: a cellular perspective AE Bely Integrative and comparative biology 54 (4), 688-699, 2014 | 102 | 2014 |
| Phylogenetic distribution of regeneration and asexual reproduction in Annelida: regeneration is ancestral and fission evolves in regenerative clades EE Zattara, AE Bely Invertebrate Biology 135 (4), 400-414, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| Evolution of a novel developmental trajectory: fission is distinct from regeneration in the annelid Pristina leidyi EE Zattara, AE Bely Evolution & development 13 (1), 80-95, 2011 | 95 | 2011 |
| Size structure of the metazoan community in a Piedmont stream NLR Poff, MA Palmer, PL Angermeier, RL Vadas, CC Hakenkamp, A Bely, ... Oecologia 95 (2), 202-209, 1993 | 93 | 1993 |
| The evolution of echinoderm development is driven by several distinct factors GA Wray, AE Bely Development 1994 (Supplement), 97-106, 1994 | 83 | 1994 |
| Sequestration of nematocysts by divergent cnidarian predators: mechanism, function, and evolution JA Goodheart, AE Bely Invertebrate Biology 136 (1), 75-91, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| A phylum-wide survey reveals multiple independent gains of head regeneration in Nemertea EE Zattara, FA Fernández-Álvarez, TC Hiebert, AE Bely, JL Norenburg Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1898), 20182524, 2019 | 67 | 2019 |
| Regeneration in spiralians: evolutionary patterns and developmental processes AE Bely, EE Zattara, JM Sikes Int. J. Dev. Biol 58, 623-634, 2014 | 66 | 2014 |
| Decoupling of fission and regenerative capabilities in an asexual oligochaete AE Bely Hydrobiologia 406, 243-251, 1999 | 60 | 1999 |
| Long-term time-lapse live imaging reveals extensive cell migration during annelid regeneration EE Zattara, KW Turlington, AE Bely BMC developmental biology 16 (1), 6, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| Gonad establishment during asexual reproduction in the annelid Pristina leidyi BD Özpolat, AE Bely Developmental biology 405 (1), 123-136, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |