 Swallows
"Swallows" 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.
The family Hirundinidae, comprised of small BIRDS that hunt flying INSECTS while in sustained flight.
| Descriptor ID |
D046388
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.620.750.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Barn Swallow- Barn Swallow
- Barn Swallows
- Swallow, Barn
- Swallows, Barn
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Swallows" by people in Profiles.
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Laubach ZM, Madden SA, Pardue A, Safran RJ. Does Parental Care Modify the Association of Early-Life Size and Growth with Physiology? Am Nat. 2025 May; 205(5):469-484.
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Schield DR, Carter JK, Scordato ESC, Levin II, Wilkins MR, Mueller SA, Gompert Z, Nosil P, Wolf JBW, Safran RJ. Sexual selection promotes reproductive isolation in barn swallows. Science. 2024 12 13; 386(6727):eadj8766.
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Schield DR, Brown CE, Shakya SB, Calabrese GM, Safran RJ, Sheldon FH. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the swallow family (Hirundinidae) inferred from comparisons of thousands of UCE loci. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2024 Aug; 197:108111.
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Medina-Garc?a A, Scherner E, McDermott MT, Hauber ME, Safran RJ. Colonial breeding impacts potentially fitness-relevant cognitive processes in barn swallows. Anim Cogn. 2024 Mar 02; 27(1):15.
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Broyles GG, Myers BM, Friedman NR, Gawin DF, Mohd-Taib FS, Sahlan PGM, Seneviratne SS, de Silva NCG, Lekamlage TTM, Hund AK, Scordato ESC. Evolutionarily labile dispersal behavior and discontinuous habitats enhance population differentiation in island versus continentally distributed swallows. Evolution. 2023 Dec 02; 77(12):2656-2671.
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McDermott MT, Madden SA, Laubach ZM, Ayala MJ, Safran RJ. Females with Increased Costs Maintain Reproductive Output: A Field Experiment in a Common Songbird. Integr Comp Biol. 2023 07 31; 63(1):23-33.
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Lotem A, Vortman Y, Safran RJ. The evidence for divergent sexual selection among closely related barn swallow populations is strong. Evolution. 2022 09; 76(9):2204-2211.
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Turbek SP, Schield DR, Scordato ESC, Contina A, Da XW, Liu Y, Liu Y, Pagani-N??ez E, Ren QM, Smith CCR, Stricker CA, Wunder M, Zonana DM, Safran RJ. A migratory divide spanning two continents is associated with genomic and ecological divergence. Evolution. 2022 04; 76(4):722-736.
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Reiner Brodetzki T, Lotem A, Safran RJ, Hauber ME. Lack of subspecies-recognition in breeding Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica transitiva). Behav Processes. 2021 Aug; 189:104422.
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Schield DR, Scordato ESC, Smith CCR, Carter JK, Cherkaoui SI, Gombobaatar S, Hajib S, Hanane S, Hund AK, Koyama K, Liang W, Liu Y, Magri N, Rubtsov A, Sheta B, Turbek SP, Wilkins MR, Yu L, Safran RJ. Sex-linked genetic diversity and differentiation in a globally distributed avian species complex. Mol Ecol. 2021 05; 30(10):2313-2332.
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