"Adaptation, Biological" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Changes in biological features that help an organism cope with its ENVIRONMENT. These changes include physiological (ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL), phenotypic and genetic changes.
| Descriptor ID |
D000220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.012
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adaptation, Biological" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adaptation, Biological" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adaptation, Biological" by people in Profiles.
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Scanning the human genome for "signatures" of positive selection: Transformative opportunities and ethical obligations. Evol Anthropol. 2021 Mar; 30(2):113-121.
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Incomplete convergence of gliding mammal skeletons. Evolution. 2020 12; 74(12):2662-2680.
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Aquatic Habits and Niche Partitioning in the Extraordinarily Long-Necked Triassic Reptile Tanystropheus. Curr Biol. 2020 10 05; 30(19):3889-3895.e2.
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Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest. Curr Biol. 2019 09 09; 29(17):2926-2935.e4.
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Taking a big bite: Working together to better understand the evolution of feeding in primates. Am J Primatol. 2019 05; 81(5):e22981.
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Tempo and mode of mandibular shape and size evolution reveal mixed support for incumbency effects in two clades of island-endemic rodents (Muridae: Murinae). Evolution. 2019 07; 73(7):1411-1427.
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Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank. Elife. 2019 03 21; 8.
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Local adaptation in dispersal in multi-resource landscapes. Evolution. 2019 04; 73(4):648-660.
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Microbiology of the built environment. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2018 11; 16(11):661-670.
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A Maladaptive Combination of Traits Contributes to the Maintenance of a Drosophila Hybrid Zone. Curr Biol. 2018 09 24; 28(18):2940-2947.e6.