"Horseshoe Crabs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An arthropod subclass (Xiphosura) comprising the North American (Limulus) and Asiatic (Tachypleus) genera of horseshoe crabs.
| Descriptor ID |
D006737
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Horseshoe Crabs- Horseshoe Crabs
- Xiphosura
- Xiphosuras
- Crabs, Horseshoe
- Crab, Horseshoe
- Horseshoe Crab
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Horseshoe Crabs" by people in Profiles.
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Opsin Repertoire and Expression Patterns in Horseshoe Crabs: Evidence from the Genome of Limulus polyphemus (Arthropoda: Chelicerata). Genome Biol Evol. 2016 06 03; 8(5):1571-89.
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Relating microstructure to rheology of a bundled and cross-linked F-actin network in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 29; 101(26):9636-41.