"Butterflies" 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.
Slender-bodies diurnal insects having large, broad wings often strikingly colored and patterned.
Descriptor ID |
D002080
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.937.200
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2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2011 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2014 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2020 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Butterflies" by people in Profiles.
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Butterfly mimicry rings run in circles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 01 24; 120(4):e2220680120.
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Mimicry can drive convergence in structural and light transmission features of transparent wings in Lepidoptera. Elife. 2021 12 21; 10.
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Museum genomics reveals the Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was a distinct species driven to extinction. Biol Lett. 2021 07; 17(7):20210123.
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Developmental, cellular and biochemical basis of transparency in clearwing butterflies. J Exp Biol. 2021 05 15; 224(10).
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The evolution and genetics of sexually dimorphic 'dual' mimicry in the butterfly Elymnias hypermnestra. Proc Biol Sci. 2021 01 13; 288(1942):20202192.
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Migration behaviour of commercial monarchs reared outdoors and wild-derived monarchs reared indoors. Proc Biol Sci. 2020 08 12; 287(1932):20201326.
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Genomic evidence for gene flow between monarchs with divergent migratory phenotypes and flight performance. Mol Ecol. 2020 07; 29(14):2567-2582.
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The roles of hybridization and habitat fragmentation in the evolution of Brazil's enigmatic longwing butterflies, Heliconius nattereri and H. hermathena. BMC Biol. 2020 07 03; 18(1):84.
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Disentangling Population History and Character Evolution among Hybridizing Lineages. Mol Biol Evol. 2020 05 01; 37(5):1295-1305.
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Structural color in Junonia butterflies evolves by tuning scale lamina thickness. Elife. 2020 04 07; 9.