"Biological Evolution" 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.
The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.
| Descriptor ID |
D005075
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.045 G16.075
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Biological Evolution" by people in this website by year, and whether "Biological Evolution" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 1999 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2000 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2002 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| 2003 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2004 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 2006 | 22 | 11 | 33 |
| 2007 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 2008 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| 2009 | 25 | 13 | 38 |
| 2010 | 25 | 9 | 34 |
| 2011 | 32 | 12 | 44 |
| 2012 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| 2013 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 2014 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| 2015 | 31 | 14 | 45 |
| 2016 | 31 | 11 | 42 |
| 2017 | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 2018 | 22 | 7 | 29 |
| 2019 | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| 2020 | 20 | 12 | 32 |
| 2021 | 19 | 24 | 43 |
| 2022 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2023 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 2024 | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 2025 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biological Evolution" by people in Profiles.
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Diverse Tongue Base Retraction Strategies Drive Bolus Propulsion during Mammalian Swallowing. Integr Comp Biol. 2025 Dec 05; 65(6):1416-1436.
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Co-option of an ancestral cloacal regulatory landscape during digit evolution. Nature. 2025 Dec; 648(8092):109-116.
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The genetic architecture and spatiotemporal dynamics of adaptation across human-modified landscapes. New Phytol. 2026 Jan; 249(2):744-750.
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Teeth outside the jaw: Evolution and development of the toothed head clasper in chimaeras. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Sep 16; 122(37):e2508054122.
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Novel assembly of a head-trunk interface in the sister group of jawed vertebrates. Nature. 2025 Sep; 645(8081):686-691.
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Enlargement of sternum traits facilitated the evolution of powered flight in birds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Sep; 9(9):1705-1718.
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The lower jaw of Devonian ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): Anatomy, relationships, and functional morphology. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2026 Mar; 309(3):550-602.
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Archaeopteryx. Curr Biol. 2025 Jul 07; 35(13):R643-R644.
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The evolution of separate sexes in waterhemp is associated with surprising chromosomal diversity and complexity. PLoS Biol. 2025 Jun; 23(6):e3003254.
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50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation. Cell. 2025 Jun 26; 188(13):3389-3404.e6.