"Skeleton" 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 rigid framework of connected bones that gives form to the body, protects and supports its soft organs and tissues, and provides attachments for MUSCLES.
| Descriptor ID |
D012863
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skeleton" by people in Profiles.
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Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur. Elife. 2022 11 30; 11.
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Topographically distinct adaptive landscapes for teeth, skeletons, and size explain the adaptive radiation of Carnivora (Mammalia). Evolution. 2022 Sep; 76(9):2049-2066.
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Incomplete convergence of gliding mammal skeletons. Evolution. 2020 12; 74(12):2662-2680.
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The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan. Nature. 2017 04 27; 544(7651):484-487.
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A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals. Nature. 2015 Oct 15; 526(7573):380-4.
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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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Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans. Nature. 2014 Jan 02; 505(7481):87-91.
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Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature. 2010 Mar 04; 464(7285):95-8.
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Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size. Science. 2009 Oct 16; 326(5951):418-22.
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Chondrogenesis and homology of the visceral skeleton in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). J Morphol. 2009 May; 270(5):628-43.