"Caves" 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.
Geological formations consisting of underground enclosures with access from the surface.
| Descriptor ID |
D059552
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.311.169 G16.500.275.067 N06.230.066
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Caves" by people in Profiles.
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Population Genomics of Premature Termination Codons in Cavefish With Substantial Trait Loss. Mol Biol Evol. 2025 Feb 03; 42(2).
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Defining the Unseen: Population-Specific Markers for Astyanax mexicanus Blind Cavefish. Zebrafish. 2024 06; 21(3):255-258.
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Phylogeographic relationships and morphological evolution between cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus populations (De Filippi 1853) (Actinopterygii, Characidae). Mol Ecol. 2023 Oct; 32(20):5626-5644.
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Selection-driven trait loss in independently evolved cavefish populations. Nat Commun. 2023 05 03; 14(1):2557.
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A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution. Nat Commun. 2021 03 04; 12(1):1447.
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A Transcriptomic Analysis of Cave, Surface, and Hybrid Isopod Crustaceans of the Species Asellus aquaticus. PLoS One. 2015; 10(10):e0140484.
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Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European. Nature. 2014 Mar 13; 507(7491):225-8.
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The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains. Nature. 2014 Jan 02; 505(7481):43-9.
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Clovis age Western Stemmed projectile points and human coprolites at the Paisley Caves. Science. 2012 Jul 13; 337(6091):223-8.