"Extinction, Biological" 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 ceasing of existence of a species or taxonomic groups of organisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D053476
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.510
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| Concept/Terms |
Extinction, Biological- Extinction, Biological
- Biological Extinction
- Biological Extinctions
- Extinctions, Biological
Extinction, Mass- Extinction, Mass
- Extinctions, Mass
- Mass Extinctions
- Mass Extinction
Extinction, Species- Extinction, Species
- Extinctions, Species
- Species Extinctions
- Species Extinction
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Extinction, Biological" by people in this website by year, and whether "Extinction, Biological" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Extinction, Biological" by people in Profiles.
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New records of extinct Icacinaceae from Paleocene rainforests of northwestern South America. Am J Bot. 2026 Jul; 113(7):e70237.
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Extinction vortices are driven more by a shortage of beneficial mutations than by deleterious mutation accumulation. Proc Biol Sci. 2026 06 03; 293(2072).
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Evolutionary stasis in synapsid encephalization during the end-permian mass extinction. Sci Rep. 2026 May 15; 16(1).
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Rapid adaptation and extinction in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis. Science. 2026 Mar 26; 391(6792):eadz0777.
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The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota. Sci Adv. 2025 May 23; 11(21):eadv1171.
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Defining the decline: a glossary relevant to insect decline. J Insect Sci. 2025 May 09; 25(3).
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Early-middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids. Nat Commun. 2024 12 17; 15(1):10346.
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Charting the course of pinniped evolution: insights from molecular phylogeny and fossil record integration. Evolution. 2024 07 01; 78(7):1212-1226.
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Cenozoic seeds of Vitaceae reveal a deep history of extinction and dispersal in the Neotropics. Nat Plants. 2024 07; 10(7):1091-1099.
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Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes. Nature. 2024 05; 629(8013):851-860.