 Sex Characteristics
"Sex Characteristics" 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.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
| Descriptor ID |
D012727
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Characteristics- Sex Characteristics
- Characteristic, Sex
- Characteristics, Sex
- Sex Characteristic
- Sex Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sexual
- Dimorphisms, Sexual
- Sexual Dimorphisms
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 1998 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 1999 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2001 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2002 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2003 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2004 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2005 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2006 | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 2007 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2008 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2009 | 6 | 11 | 17 | | 2010 | 11 | 12 | 23 | | 2011 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2012 | 9 | 9 | 18 | | 2013 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2014 | 10 | 16 | 26 | | 2015 | 9 | 13 | 22 | | 2016 | 12 | 7 | 19 | | 2017 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2018 | 12 | 11 | 23 | | 2019 | 7 | 14 | 21 | | 2020 | 12 | 11 | 23 | | 2021 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2022 | 6 | 15 | 21 | | 2023 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Bulka CM, Everson TM, Burt AA, Marsit CJ, Karagas MR, Boyle KE, Niemiec S, Kechris K, Davidson EJ, Yang IV, Feinberg JI, Volk HE, Ladd-Acosta C, Breton CV, O'Shea TM, Fry RC. Sex-based differences in placental DNA methylation profiles related to gestational age: an NIH ECHO meta-analysis. Epigenetics. 2023 Dec; 18(1):2179726.
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Usselman CW, Lindsey ML, Robinson AT, Habecker BA, Taylor CE, Merryman WD, Kimmerly D, Bender JR, Regensteiner JG, Moreau KL, Pilote L, Wenner MM, O'Brien M, Yarovinsky TO, Stachenfeld NS, Charkoudian N, Denfeld QE, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Pyle WG, DeLeon-Pennell KY. Guidelines on the use of sex and gender in cardiovascular research. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 Jan 01; 326(1):H238-H255.
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Diaz AV, Stephenson D, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Reis T. Spenito-dependent metabolic sexual dimorphism intrinsic to fat storage cells. Genetics. 2023 11 01; 225(3).
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Tharpe MA, Linder BA, Babcock MC, Watso JC, Pollin KU, Hutchison ZJ, Barnett AM, Culver MN, Kavazis AN, Brian MS, Robinson AT. Adjusting for muscle strength and body size attenuates sex differences in the exercise pressor reflex in young adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 12 01; 325(6):H1418-H1429.
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Hulett NA, Knaub LA, Hull SE, Pott GB, Peelor R, Miller BF, Shankar K, Rudolph MC, Reusch JEB, Scalzo RL. Sex Differences in the Skeletal Muscle Response to a High Fat, High Sucrose Diet in Rats. Nutrients. 2023 Oct 19; 15(20).
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Poisson SN, Leppert MH, Orjuela KD. Cryptogenic Stroke and PFO Closure: Does Sex Matter? J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 10 03; 12(19):e031857.
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Higgins HM, Chen L, Ravare BC, Jeppson KA, Bina HT, Herson PS, Monte AA, Poisson SN, Dylla L. Sex differences in acute ischemic stroke presentation are a matter of infarct location. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 12; 74:95-99.
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Powell TL, Uhlson C, Madi L, Berry KZ, Chassen SS, Jansson T, Ferchaud-Roucher V. Fetal sex differences in placental LCPUFA ether and plasmalogen phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine contents in pregnancies complicated by obesity. Biol Sex Differ. 2023 09 28; 14(1):66.
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Abulnoor BA, Attia MH, Konigsberg IR, Konigsberg LW. TestDimorph: An R package for analysis of interpopulation sexual dimorphism differences using summary statistics. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2023 11; 182(3):487-498.
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Keshvani N, Shah S, Ayodele I, Chiswell K, Alhanti B, Allen LA, Greene SJ, Yancy CW, Alonso WW, Van Spall HG, Fonarow GC, Heidenreich PA, Pandey A. Sex differences in long-term outcomes following acute heart failure hospitalization: Findings from the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure registry. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 09; 25(9):1544-1554.
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