"Cyprinodontiformes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES;), FUNDULIDAEl; (topminnows), Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers), Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines). In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA.
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D003532
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.850.280
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cyprinodontiformes" by people in Profiles.
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Males can't afford to be choosy: Male reproductive investment does not influence preference for female size in Limia (Poeciliidae). Behav Processes. 2021 Feb; 183:104315.
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Rapid and socially induced change of a badge of status. J Fish Biol. 2012 Mar; 80(3):722-7.
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Stress hormone masculinizes female morphology and behaviour. Biol Lett. 2011 Feb 23; 7(1):150-2.