"Feathers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Flat keratinous structures found on the skin surface of birds. Feathers are made partly of a hollow shaft fringed with barbs. They constitute the plumage.
| Descriptor ID |
D005241
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.370
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Feathers" by people in Profiles.
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Nagy J, Hauber ME, L?ki V, Mainwaring MC. Plumage and eggshell colouration covary with the level of sex-specific parental contributions to nest building in birds. Naturwissenschaften. 2024 Feb 27; 111(2):12.
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Branco JM, Hingst-Zaher E, Dillon D, Jordan-Ward R, Siegrist J, Fischer JD, Schiesari L, von Hippel FA, Buck CL. A novel method for extraction and quantification of feather triiodothyronine (T3) and application to ecotoxicology of Purple Martin (Progne subis). Environ Pollut. 2023 Sep 01; 332:121943.
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Luro AB, Hauber ME. Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian-perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus). J Evol Biol. 2022 11; 35(11):1558-1567.
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Branco JM, Hingst-Zaher E, Jordan-Ward R, Dillon D, Siegrist J, Fischer JD, Schiesari L, von Hippel FA, Buck CL. Interrelationships among feather mercury content, body condition and feather corticosterone in a Neotropical migratory bird, the Purple Martin (Progne subis subis). Environ Pollut. 2022 Dec 01; 314:120284.
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Shapiro MD, Kronenberg Z, Li C, Domyan ET, Pan H, Campbell M, Tan H, Huff CD, Hu H, Vickrey AI, Nielsen SC, Stringham SA, Hu H, Willerslev E, Gilbert MT, Yandell M, Zhang G, Wang J. Genomic diversity and evolution of the head crest in the rock pigeon. Science. 2013 Mar 01; 339(6123):1063-7.
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Horton BM, Hauber ME, Maney DL. Morph matters: aggression bias in a polymorphic sparrow. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e48705.
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Igic B, Leuschner N, Parker KA, Ismar SM, Gill BJ, Lovegrove TG, Millar CD, Hauber ME. Size dimorphism and avian-perceived sexual dichromatism in a New Zealand endemic bird, the whitehead Mohoua albicilla. J Morphol. 2010 Jun; 271(6):697-704.
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Rubenstein DR, Hauber ME. Dynamic feedback between phenotype and physiology in sexually selected traits. Trends Ecol Evol. 2008 Dec; 23(12):655-8.
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Safran RJ, Hauber ME. Evolutionary biology: variation isn't always sexy. Curr Biol. 2007 May 15; 17(10):R368-70.
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Shawkey MD, Hauber ME, Estep LK, Hill GE. Evolutionary transitions and mechanisms of matte and iridescent plumage coloration in grackles and allies (Icteridae). J R Soc Interface. 2006 Dec 22; 3(11):777-86.