"Amaranthus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A plant genus, in the family AMARANTHACEAE, best known as a source of high-protein grain crops and of Red Dye No. 2 (AMARANTH DYE). Tumbleweed sometimes refers to Amaranthus but more often refers to SALSOLA.
| Descriptor ID |
D027721
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.198.500.100.130
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| Concept/Terms |
Amaranthus- Amaranthus
- Amaranth Plant
- Amaranth Plants
- Plant, Amaranth
- Plants, Amaranth
Redroot Pigweed- Redroot Pigweed
- Pigweed, Redroot
- Pigweeds, Redroot
- Redroot Pigweeds
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amaranthus" by people in Profiles.
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Quantifying the role of genome size and repeat content in adaptive variation and the architecture of flowering time in Amaranthus tuberculatus. PLoS Genet. 2023 Dec; 19(12):e1010865.
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Rapid weed adaptation and range expansion in response to agriculture over the past two centuries. Science. 2022 12 09; 378(6624):1079-1085.
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Repeated origins, widespread gene flow, and allelic interactions of target-site herbicide resistance mutations. Elife. 2022 01 17; 11.
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Selective ancestral sorting and de novo evolution in the agricultural invasion of Amaranthus tuberculatus. Evolution. 2022 01; 76(1):70-85.
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The genetic architecture and population genomic signatures of glyphosate resistance in Amaranthus tuberculatus. Mol Ecol. 2021 11; 30(21):5373-5389.
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Amaranthus spinosus Linn. inhibits mast cell-mediated anaphylactic reactions. J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Jan-Mar; 9(1):77-84.