"Vertebrates" 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.
Animals having a vertebral column, members of the phylum Chordata, subphylum Craniata comprising mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014714
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vertebrates" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vertebrates" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vertebrates" by people in Profiles.
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Symmetry facilitated the evolution of heterospecificity and high-order stoichiometry in vertebrate hemoglobin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 28; 122(4):e2414756122.
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Adaptive trade-offs between vertebrate defence and insect predation drive Amazonian ant venom evolution. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 Nov; 291(2035):20242184.
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Paleoinspired robotics as an experimental approach to the history of life. Sci Robot. 2024 Oct 23; 9(95):eadn1125.
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A pre-vertebrate endodermal origin of calcitonin-producing neuroendocrine cells. Development. 2024 Oct 15; 151(20).
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Small skeletons show size-specific scaling: an exploration of allometry in the mammalian lumbar spine. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 Apr 30; 291(2021):20232868.
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Evolution of tissue-specific expression of ancestral genes across vertebrates and insects. Nat Ecol Evol. 2024 Jun; 8(6):1140-1153.
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The axial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 09; 121(15):e2316106121.
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Fgf signalling is required for gill slit formation in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Dev Biol. 2024 Feb; 506:85-94.
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Introduction: food processing and nutritional assimilation in animals. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 12 04; 378(1891):20220559.
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Scales, scutes, and embryonic origins of the vertebrate dermal skeleton. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 08 15; 120(33):e2310552120.