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spandrel

phenotypic characteristic that is a byproduct of the evolution of some other characteristic
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spandrel

Summary

spandrel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • spandrel is named after spandrel[2].
  • spandrel's subclass of is recorded as phenotype[3].
  • spandrel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025zjzl[4].
  • spandrel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/spandrel-biology[5].
  • spandrel's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 184513011[6].

Why It Matters

spandrel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[1] spandrel has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spandrel. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spandrel-q693754
MLA “spandrel.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/spandrel-q693754.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spandrel-q693754_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spandrel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spandrel-q693754}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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