"Petromyzon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of primitive fish in the family Petromyzontidae. The sole species is Petromyzon marinus, known as the sea lamprey. The adult form feeds parasitically on other fish species.
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D048428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.559.600
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Petromyzon" by people in Profiles.
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Functional genetic analysis in a jawless vertebrate, the sea lamprey: insights into the developmental evolution of early vertebrates. J Exp Biol. 2020 02 07; 223(Pt Suppl 1).
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RNA interference technology to control pest sea lampreys--a proof-of-concept. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2):e88387.
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Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution. Nat Genet. 2013 Apr; 45(4):415-21, 421e1-2.
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Development of the viscerocranial skeleton during embryogenesis of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon Marinus. Dev Dyn. 2009 Dec; 238(12):3126-38.
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Importance of SoxE in neural crest development and the evolution of the pharynx. Nature. 2006 Jun 08; 441(7094):750-2.