Adaptation, Physiological

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The non-genetic biological changes of an organism in response to challenges in its ENVIRONMENT.

Descriptor ID	D000222
MeSH Number(s)	G07.025 G16.012.500
Concept/Terms	Adaptation, Physiological Adaptation, Physiological Physiological Adaptation Adaptations, Physiologic Adaptation, Physiologic Physiologic Adaptation Physiologic Adaptations Adaptations, Physiological Physiological Adaptations

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Adaptation, Physiological".

Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Adaptation, Physiological [G07.025]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Adaptation, Biological [G16.012]
Adaptation, Physiological [G16.012.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Adaptation, Physiological".

Adaptation, Physiological
Acclimatization

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Bar chart showing 127 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	2	1	3
2003	3	3	6
2004	2	3	5
2005	0	11	11
2006	1	4	5
2007	0	2	2
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	2	3
2010	1	6	7
2011	3	10	13
2012	4	3	7
2013	3	3	6
2014	4	2	6
2015	6	1	7
2016	4	2	6
2017	1	2	3
2018	4	3	7
2019	3	1	4
2020	6	1	7
2021	4	5	9
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	0	2	2
2025	3	0	3

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Thavornwatanayong T, Wiantoro S, Kaczmarek ME, Kantorski M, Segovia E, Reyes K, Vuong BQ, Tsang SM. Comparative analysis of bat immunoglobulin constant regions identifies adaptations of bat immunity. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Oct; 1552(1):239-248.

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Kennedy ME, Kaczmarek EB, Smith AE, Volpe EC, Anderson DJ, Wallace SM, Shideler HE, Smith HI, Stroud TH, Mayerl CJ. Infant pigs demonstrate motor adaptation across multiple physiologic functions during feeding in response to dynamic changes in milk flow rate. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Sep 01; 139(3):719-730.

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Assis BA, Sullivan AP, Marciniak S, Bergey CM, Garcia V, Szpiech ZA, Langkilde T, Perry GH. Genomic signatures of adaptation in native lizards exposed to human-introduced fire ants. Nat Commun. 2025 01 02; 16(1):89.

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Wolfe JM, Ballou L, Luque J, Watson-Zink VM, Ahyong ST, Barido-Sottani J, Chan TY, Chu KH, Crandall KA, Daniels SR, Felder DL, Mancke H, Martin JW, Ng PKL, Ortega-Hern?ndez J, Palacios Theil E, Pentcheff ND, Robles R, Thoma BP, Tsang LM, Wetzer R, Windsor AM, Bracken-Grissom HD. Convergent Adaptation of True Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) to a Gradient of Terrestrial Environments. Syst Biol. 2024 07 27; 73(2):247-262.

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Graham AM, Lavretsky P, Wilson RE, McCracken KG. High-altitude adaptation is accompanied by strong signatures of purifying selection in the mitochondrial genomes of three Andean waterfowl. PLoS One. 2024; 19(1):e0294842.

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Veilleux CC, Garrett EC, Pajic P, Saitou M, Ochieng J, Dagsaan LD, Dominy NJ, Perry GH, Gokcumen O, Melin AD. Human subsistence and signatures of selection on chemosensory genes. Commun Biol. 2023 07 03; 6(1):683.

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Brown JI, Harrigan RJ, Lavretsky P. Evolutionary and ecological drivers of local adaptation and speciation in a North American avian species complex. Mol Ecol. 2022 05; 31(9):2578-2593.

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Jha RK, Mishra A. Introgression of SbERD4 Gene Encodes an Early-Responsive Dehydration-Stress Protein That Confers Tolerance against Different Types of Abiotic Stresses in Transgenic Tobacco. Cells. 2021 12 27; 11(1).

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Brun NR, Salanga MC, Mora-Zamorano FX, Lamb DC, Goldstone JV, Stegeman JJ. Orphan cytochrome P450 20a1 CRISPR/Cas9 mutants and neurobehavioral phenotypes in zebrafish. Sci Rep. 2021 12 13; 11(1):23892.

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McClelland SC, Reynolds M, Cordall M, Hauber ME, Goymann W, McClean LA, Hamama S, Lund J, Dixit T, Louder MIM, Safari I, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Portugal SJ. Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies. Proc Biol Sci. 2021 10 27; 288(1961):20211137.

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