"Ovum" 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.
A mature haploid female germ cell extruded from the OVARY at OVULATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D010063
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.690 A11.497.497 A16.690
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| Concept/Terms |
Ovum- Ovum
- Egg, Unfertilized
- Eggs, Unfertilized
- Unfertilized Egg
- Unfertilized Eggs
- Egg
- Ova
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ovum" by people in Profiles.
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Takahashi N, Davy PM, Gardner LH, Mathews J, Yamazaki Y, Allsopp RC. Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Alpha Is Expressed in Germ Cells throughout the Murine Life Cycle. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0154309.
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Bayer LV, Batish M, Formel SK, Bratu DP. Single-Molecule RNA In Situ Hybridization (smFISH) and Immunofluorescence (IF) in the Drosophila Egg Chamber. Methods Mol Biol. 2015; 1328:125-36.
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Byrnes WM, Newman SA. Ernest Everett Just: Egg and embryo as excitable systems. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2014 Jun; 322(4):191-201.
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Moran AL, McAlister JS, Whitehill EA. Eggs as energy: revisiting the scaling of egg size and energetic content among echinoderms. Biol Bull. 2013 Aug; 224(3):184-91.
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McAlister JS, Moran AL. Relationships among egg size, composition, and energy: a comparative study of geminate sea urchins. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e41599.
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Moran AL, Woods HA. Limits to diffusive O2 transport: flow, form, and function in nudibranch egg masses from temperate and polar regions. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 11; 5(8):e12113.
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Moran AL, McAlister JS. Egg size as a life history character of marine invertebrates: Is it all it's cracked up to be? Biol Bull. 2009 Jun; 216(3):226-42.
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Esteves E, Fogaça AC, Maldonado R, Silva FD, Manso PP, Pelajo-Machado M, Valle D, Daffre S. Antimicrobial activity in the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus eggs: Cellular localization and temporal expression of microplusin during oogenesis and embryogenesis. Dev Comp Immunol. 2009 Aug; 33(8):913-9.
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Woods HA, Moran AL. Oxygen profiles in egg masses predicted from a diffusion-reaction model. J Exp Biol. 2008 Mar; 211(Pt 5):790-7.
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Woods HA, Moran AL. Temperature-oxygen interactions in Antarctic nudibranch egg masses. J Exp Biol. 2008 Mar; 211(Pt 5):798-804.