 Beak
"Beak" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In some animals, the jaws together with their horny covering. The beak usually refers to the bill of birds in which the whole varies greatly in form according of the food and habits of the bird. While the beak refers most commonly to birds, the anatomical counterpart is found also in the turtle, squid, and octopus. (From Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)
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D001502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.114
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| Concept/Terms |
Bill, Avian- Bill, Avian
- Avian Bill
- Avian Bills
- Bills, Avian
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Beak" by people in Profiles.
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Mason NA, Taylor SA. Differentially expressed genes match bill morphology and plumage despite largely undifferentiated genomes in a Holarctic songbird. Mol Ecol. 2015 Jun; 24(12):3009-25.
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Treiber CD, Salzer MC, Riegler J, Edelman N, Sugar C, Breuss M, Pichler P, Cadiou H, Saunders M, Lythgoe M, Shaw J, Keays DA. Clusters of iron-rich cells in the upper beak of pigeons are macrophages not magnetosensitive neurons. Nature. 2012 Apr 11; 484(7394):367-70.
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