"Sharks" 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.
A group of elongate elasmobranchs. Sharks are mostly marine fish, with certain species large and voracious.
| Descriptor ID |
D012754
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.370.853
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sharks" by people in Profiles.
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Big insight from the little skate: Leucoraja erinacea as a developmental model system. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2022; 147:595-630.
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A symmoriiform from the Late Devonian of Morocco demonstrates a derived jaw function in ancient chondrichthyans. Commun Biol. 2020 11 17; 3(1):681.
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The evolutionary origins and diversity of the neuromuscular system of paired appendages in batoids. Proc Biol Sci. 2019 11 06; 286(1914):20191571.
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High-performance suction feeding in an early elasmobranch. Sci Adv. 2019 09; 5(9):eaax2742.
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Ancient Use of Ig Variable Domains Contributes Significantly to the TCRd Repertoire. J Immunol. 2019 09 01; 203(5):1265-1275.
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Somatic hypermutation of T cell receptor a chain contributes to selection in nurse shark thymus. Elife. 2018 04 17; 7.
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An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan. Proc Biol Sci. 2018 01 10; 285(1870).
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A symmoriiform chondrichthyan braincase and the origin of chimaeroid fishes. Nature. 2017 01 12; 541(7636):208-211.
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First shark from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia sheds new light on the development of tessellated calcified cartilage. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0126066.
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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.