"Adaptation, Biological" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Changes in biological features that help an organism cope with its ENVIRONMENT. These changes include physiological (ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL), phenotypic and genetic changes.
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D000220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.012
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adaptation, Biological" by people in Profiles.
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Key Metabolites and Mechanistic Changes for Salt Tolerance in an Experimentally Evolved Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium, Desulfovibrio vulgaris. mBio. 2017 11 14; 8(6).
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Understanding Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality: An Introduction to the Symposium. Integr Comp Biol. 2017 11 01; 57(5):921-933.
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RNases J1 and J2 are critical pleiotropic regulators in Streptococcus mutans. Microbiology (Reading). 2015 Apr; 161(Pt 4):797-806.
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The effects of beta-alanine supplementation and high-intensity interval training on neuromuscular fatigue and muscle function. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009 Feb; 105(3):357-63.
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Toxic hydrogen sulfide and dark caves: phenotypic and genetic divergence across two abiotic environmental gradients in Poecilia mexicana. Evolution. 2008 Oct; 62(10):2643-59.
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Diversification on an ecologically constrained adaptive landscape. Mol Ecol. 2008 Jun; 17(12):2927-36.
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Parasite-induced fruit mimicry in a tropical canopy ant. Am Nat. 2008 Apr; 171(4):536-44.
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Fundamental links between genes and elements: evolutionary implications of ecological stoichiometry. Mol Ecol. 2007 Nov; 16(22):4649-61.
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Local adaptation and pronounced genetic differentiation in an extremophile fish, Poecilia mexicana, inhabiting a Mexican cave with toxic hydrogen sulphide. Mol Ecol. 2007 Mar; 16(5):967-76.