Characidae
"Characidae" 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 family of fresh water fish in the order CHARACIFORMES, which includes the Tetras.
| Descriptor ID |
D060126
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.130.150
|
| Concept/Terms |
Characidae- Characidae
- Characins
- Characin
- Characids
- Characid
Tetras- Tetras
- Tetra
- Tetragonopterus
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Characidae".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Characidae".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Characidae" by people in this website by year, and whether "Characidae" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Characidae" by people in Profiles.
-
Cartwright RA, Schwartz RS, Merry AL, Howell MM. The importance of selection in the evolution of blindness in cavefish. BMC Evol Biol. 2017 02 07; 17(1):45.
-
Aigler SR, Jandzik D, Hatta K, Uesugi K, Stock DW. Selection and constraint underlie irreversibility of tooth loss in cypriniform fishes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 May 27; 111(21):7707-12.
-
Jackman WR, Davies SH, Lyons DB, Stauder CK, Denton-Schneider BR, Jowdry A, Aigler SR, Vogel SA, Stock DW. Manipulation of Fgf and Bmp signaling in teleost fishes suggests potential pathways for the evolutionary origin of multicuspid teeth. Evol Dev. 2013 Mar-Apr; 15(2):107-18.