"Animal Shells" 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 hard rigid covering of animals including MOLLUSCS; TURTLES; INSECTS; and crustaceans.
| Descriptor ID |
D060105
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Animal Shells- Animal Shells
- Animal Shell
- Shell, Animal
- Shells, Animal
- Animal Exoskeleton
- Animal Exoskeletons
- Exoskeleton, Animal
- Exoskeletons, Animal
- Carapace
- Carapaces
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animal Shells" by people in Profiles.
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The Daphnia carapace and other novel structures evolved via the cryptic persistence of serial homologs. Curr Biol. 2022 09 12; 32(17):3792-3799.e3.
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Gut bacteria are essential for normal cuticle development in herbivorous turtle ants. Nat Commun. 2021 01 29; 12(1):676.
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Disentangling the assembly mechanisms of ant cuticular bacterial communities of two Amazonian ant species sharing a common arboreal nest. Mol Ecol. 2020 04; 29(7):1372-1385.
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A mineralogical record of ocean change: Decadal and centennial patterns in the California mussel. Glob Chang Biol. 2018 06; 24(6):2554-2562.
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Detecting, sourcing, and age-dating dredged sediments on the open shelf, southern California, using dead mollusk shells. Mar Pollut Bull. 2017 Jan 15; 114(1):448-465.
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Historical baselines and the future of shell calcification for a foundation species in a changing ocean. Proc Biol Sci. 2016 06 15; 283(1832).
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Origins, bottlenecks, and present-day diversity: patterns of morphospace occupation in marine bivalves. Evolution. 2015 Mar; 69(3):735-46.
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Parallel evolution of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in the face of gene flow. Evolution. 2014 Apr; 68(4):935-49.
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Rapid environmental change over the past decade revealed by isotopic analysis of the California mussel in the northeast Pacific. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e25766.