 Arthropods
"Arthropods" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class INSECTS and the subclass ARACHNIDA, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.
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D001181
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B01.050.500.131
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Arthropods" by people in Profiles.
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Madden AA, Barberán A, Bertone MA, Menninger HL, Dunn RR, Fierer N. The diversity of arthropods in homes across the United States as determined by environmental DNA analyses. Mol Ecol. 2016 Dec; 25(24):6214-6224.
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Farrell KA, Harpole WS, Stein C, Suding KN, Borer ET. Grassland Arthropods Are Controlled by Direct and Indirect Interactions with Cattle but Are Largely Unaffected by Plant Provenance. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0129823.
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Costello EK, Halloy SR, Reed SC, Sowell P, Schmidt SK. Fumarole-supported islands of biodiversity within a hyperarid, high-elevation landscape on Socompa Volcano, Puna de Atacama, Andes. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Feb; 75(3):735-47.
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Schmitt T, Krell FT, Linsenmair KE. Quinone mixture as attractant for necrophagous dung beetles specialized on dead millipedes. J Chem Ecol. 2004 Apr; 30(4):731-40.
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O'Farrell PH, Stumpff J, Su TT. Embryonic cleavage cycles: how is a mouse like a fly? Curr Biol. 2004 Jan 06; 14(1):R35-45.
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