"Wings, Animal" 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.
Movable feathered or membranous paired appendages by means of which certain animals such as birds, bats, or insects are able to fly.
| Descriptor ID |
D014921
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.395.823
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Wings, Animal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Wings, Animal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wings, Animal" by people in Profiles.
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Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan. Nature. 2025 May; 641(8065):1201-1207.
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Genetic, developmental, and neural changes underlying the evolution of butterfly mate preference. PLoS Biol. 2025 Mar; 23(3):e3002989.
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Lepidopteran scale cells derive from sensory organ precursors through a canonical lineage. Development. 2025 Mar 01; 152(5).
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Insights into the early evolution of modern avian physiology from fossilized soft tissues from the Mesozoic. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2025 Feb 27; 380(1920):20230426.
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Ancestral neural circuits potentiate the origin of a female sexual behavior in Drosophila. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 28; 15(1):9210.
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Elucidating nanostructural organization and photonic properties of butterfly wing scales using hyperspectral microscopy. J R Soc Interface. 2024 Sep; 21(218):20240185.
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Earliest evidence of avian primary feather moult. Biol Lett. 2024 Jun; 20(7):20240106.
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Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 20; 121(8):e2306639121.
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A meta-analysis of butterfly structural colors: their color range, distribution and biological production. J Exp Biol. 2023 11 01; 226(21).
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Rarity of molt evidence in early pennaraptoran dinosaurs suggests annual molt evolved later among Neornithes. Commun Biol. 2023 07 03; 6(1):687.