"Turtles" 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.
Any reptile including tortoises, fresh water, and marine species of the order Testudines with a body encased in a bony or cartilaginous shell consisting of a top (carapace) and a bottom (plastron) derived from the ribs.
| Descriptor ID |
D014426
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.848
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| Concept/Terms |
Sea Turtles- Sea Turtles
- Sea Turtle
- Turtle, Sea
- Turtles, Sea
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Turtles" by people in Profiles.
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Mayerl CJ, Capano JG, Moreno AA, Wyneken J, Blob RW, Brainerd EL. Pectoral and pelvic girdle rotations during walking and swimming in a semi-aquatic turtle: testing functional role and constraint. J Exp Biol. 2019 12 12; 222(Pt 24).
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Work TM, Dagenais J, Stacy BA, Ladner JT, Lorch JM, Balazs GH, Barquero-Calvo E, Berlowski-Zier BM, Breeden R, Corrales-G?mez N, Gonzalez-Barrientos R, Harris HS, Hern?ndez-Mora G, Herrera-Ulloa ?, Hesami S, Jones TT, Morales JA, Norton TM, Rameyer RA, Taylor DR, Waltzek TB. A novel host-adapted strain of Salmonella Typhimurium causes renal disease in olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Pacific. Sci Rep. 2019 06 27; 9(1):9313.
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Mayerl CJ, Sansone AM, Stevens LM, Hall GJ, Porter MM, Rivera G, Blob RW. The impact of keels and tails on turtle swimming performance and their potential as models for biomimetic design. Bioinspir Biomim. 2018 11 07; 14(1):016002.
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Rubin AM, Blob RW, Mayerl CJ. Biomechanical factors influencing successful self-righting in the pleurodire turtle Emydura subglobosa. J Exp Biol. 2018 07 17; 221(Pt 14).
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Mayerl CJ, Blob RW. A novel, bounding gait in swimming turtles: implications for aquatic locomotor diversity. J Exp Biol. 2017 10 15; 220(Pt 20):3611-3615.
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Mayerl CJ, Pruett JE, Summerlin MN, Rivera ARV, Blob RW. Hindlimb muscle function in turtles: is novel skeletal design correlated with novel muscle function? J Exp Biol. 2017 07 15; 220(Pt 14):2554-2562.
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Blob RW, Mayerl CJ, Rivera AR, Rivera G, Young VK. "On the Fence" versus "All in": Insights from Turtles for the Evolution of Aquatic Locomotor Specializations and Habitat Transitions in Tetrapod Vertebrates. Integr Comp Biol. 2016 12; 56(6):1310-1322.
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Mayerl CJ, Brainerd EL, Blob RW. Pelvic girdle mobility of cryptodire and pleurodire turtles during walking and swimming. J Exp Biol. 2016 09 01; 219(Pt 17):2650-8.
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Work TM, Dagenais J, Breeden R, Schneemann A, Sung J, Hew B, Balazs GH, Berestecky JM. Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Have Novel Asymmetrical Antibodies. J Immunol. 2015 Dec 01; 195(11):5452-60.
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Luo Q, Lu H, Lu H, Senseman D, Worsley K, Yang Y, Gao JH. Physiologically evoked neuronal current MRI in a bloodless turtle brain: detectable or not? Neuroimage. 2009 Oct 01; 47(4):1268-76.