"Lizards" 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.
Reptiles within the order Squamata that generally possess limbs, moveable EYELIDS, and EXTERNAL EAR openings, although there are some species which lack one or more of these structures.
| Descriptor ID |
D008116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.393
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| Concept/Terms |
Gila Monsters- Gila Monsters
- Gila Monster
- Monster, Gila
- Monsters, Gila
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lizards" by people in Profiles.
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Unravelling the structural variation of lizard osteoderms. Acta Biomater. 2022 07 01; 146:306-316.
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Changes in selection pressure can facilitate hybridization during biological invasion in a Cuban lizard. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 10 19; 118(42).
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Culture-enriched community profiling improves resolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota. Mol Ecol Resour. 2022 Jan; 22(1):122-136.
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Comparative cranial biomechanics in two lizard species: impact of variation in cranial design. J Exp Biol. 2021 03 11; 224(Pt 5).
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Geckos Race Across the Water's Surface Using Multiple Mechanisms. Curr Biol. 2018 12 17; 28(24):4046-4051.e2.
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Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards. J Exp Biol. 2018 12 04; 221(Pt 23).
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Developmental genetic bases behind the independent origin of the tympanic membrane in mammals and diapsids. Nat Commun. 2015 Apr 22; 6:6853.
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Placing cryptic, recently extinct, or hypothesized taxa into an ultrametric phylogeny using continuous character data: a case study with the lizard Anolis roosevelti. Evolution. 2015 Apr; 69(4):1027-35.
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In vivo cranial bone strain and bite force in the agamid lizard Uromastyx geyri. J Exp Biol. 2014 Jun 01; 217(Pt 11):1983-92.
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Multiple environmental stressors elicit complex interactive effects in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). Ecotoxicology. 2012 Nov; 21(8):2372-90.