"Chiroptera" 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.
Order of mammals whose members are adapted for flight. It includes bats, flying foxes, and fruit bats.
| Descriptor ID |
D002685
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Rhinolophus- Rhinolophus
- Horseshoe Bats
- Bat, Horseshoe
- Bats, Horseshoe
- Horseshoe Bat
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chiroptera" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chiroptera" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chiroptera" by people in Profiles.
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Distinct Genes with Similar Functions Underlie Convergent Evolution in Myotis Bat Ecomorphs. Mol Biol Evol. 2024 Sep 04; 41(9).
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Detection, characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of novel astroviruses from endemic Malagasy fruit bats. Virol J. 2024 Aug 23; 21(1):195.
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Applications of VirScan to broad serological profiling of bat reservoirs for emerging zoonoses. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1212018.
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Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses. PLoS Biol. 2023 09; 21(9):e3002268.
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Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2023 11; 188:107890.
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Remarkably low host specificity in the bat fly Penicillidia fulvida (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) as assessed by mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S sequence data. Parasit Vectors. 2022 Oct 27; 15(1):392.
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Discovery and Genomic Characterization of a Novel Henipavirus, Angavokely Virus, from Fruit Bats in Madagascar. J Virol. 2022 09 28; 96(18):e0092122.
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Bats host the most virulent-but not the most dangerous-zoonotic viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 04 05; 119(14):e2113628119.
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Full Genome Nobecovirus Sequences From Malagasy Fruit Bats Define a Unique Evolutionary History for This Coronavirus Clade. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:786060.
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Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation. Nature. 2022 02; 602(7897):449-454.