"Birds" 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.
Warm-blooded VERTEBRATES possessing FEATHERS and belonging to the class Aves.
| Descriptor ID |
D001717
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Birds" by people in Profiles.
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Landscape changes elevate the risk of avian influenza virus diversification and emergence in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Aug 26; 122(34):e2503427122.
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Comparative genomics of the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis reveals genes involved in spillover from birds to humans. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 24; 16(1):6487.
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Seabird morphology determines operational wind speeds, tolerable maxima, and responses to extremes. Curr Biol. 2023 03 27; 33(6):1179-1184.e3.
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Foraging behavior, contaminant exposure risk, and the stress response in wild California condors (Gymnogyps californianus). Environ Res. 2020 10; 189:109905.
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A Highly Contiguous Genome for the Golden-Fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) via Hybrid Oxford Nanopore and Short Read Assembly. G3 (Bethesda). 2020 06 01; 10(6):1829-1836.
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Expanding our horizons: central pattern generation in the context of complex activity sequences. J Exp Biol. 2019 10 15; 222(Pt 20).
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Differential introgression of a female competitive trait in a hybrid zone between sex-role reversed species. Evolution. 2019 02; 73(2):188-201.
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Glucocorticoid measurement in plasma, urates, and feathers from California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) in response to a human-induced stressor. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0205565.
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Do Seasonal Glucocorticoid Changes Depend on Reproductive Investment? A Comparative Approach in Birds. Integr Comp Biol. 2018 10 01; 58(4):739-750.
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Species-Specific Means and Within-Species Variance in Glucocorticoid Hormones and Speciation Rates in Birds. Integr Comp Biol. 2018 10 01; 58(4):763-776.