 Biological Evolution
"Biological Evolution" 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 process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.
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D005075
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.045 G16.075
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Biological Evolution" by people in this website by year, and whether "Biological Evolution" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 1998 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2004 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2008 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2009 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2010 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2011 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2012 | 12 | 9 | 21 | | 2013 | 13 | 4 | 17 | | 2014 | 16 | 10 | 26 | | 2015 | 15 | 17 | 32 | | 2016 | 15 | 9 | 24 | | 2017 | 13 | 12 | 25 | | 2018 | 17 | 8 | 25 | | 2019 | 10 | 9 | 19 | | 2020 | 10 | 11 | 21 | | 2021 | 5 | 13 | 18 | | 2022 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2023 | 3 | 15 | 18 | | 2024 | 3 | 13 | 16 | | 2025 | 11 | 5 | 16 | | 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biological Evolution" by people in Profiles.
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Sinnott-Armstrong M, Maier L, Smith SD, Dellinger AS. Flower clades and fruit clades: Trade-offs in color diversification across angiosperms. Am J Bot. 2026 Jan; 113(1):e70146.
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Watts JL, Medina N, Kiel C, Luján M, Smith SD, Manzitto-Tripp EA. Flowers occupy color-space extremes: an anthocyanin-derived theoretical floral color-space approach. Am J Bot. 2026 Jan; 113(1):e70149.
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Olazcuaga L, Melbourne BA, Nordstrom SW, Hufbauer RA. Density Dependence During Evolutionary Rescue Increases Extinction Risk but Does Not Prevent Adaptation. Ecol Lett. 2026 Jan; 29(1):e70312.
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Badyaev AV, Lee CA, Gleason MJ, Semenov GA, Britton SE, Sánchez Moreno C, Duckworth RA. Cell jamming transitions can affect regulatory protein gradients and prime evolutionary divergence. J R Soc Interface. 2025 Nov; 22(232):20250186.
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Buckley LB, Braga LPP, Pinsky ML, Resasco J, Sheth SN, Tanentzap AJ, Zoller L. Repeating Historical Studies to Understand Functional Responses to Environmental Change. Am Nat. 2026 Jan; 207(1):125-134.
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Prang TC, Tocheri MW, Patel BA, Williams SA, Orr CM. Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins. Commun Biol. 2025 Oct 15; 8(1):1454.
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Mongle CS, Orr CM, Tocheri MW, Prang TC, Grine FE, Feibel C, Patel BA, Laureijs O, Hobbs TE, Maiolino S, Rossie J, Mbogo W, Du Plessis A, Lonyericho J, Woto Huka W, Sale H, Umuro A, Yirgudo P, Dalacha I, Kirinya M, Linga E, Loki R, Longaye A, Longaye M, Lonyericho E, Loyapan I, Nakudo N, Nyete C, Leakey MG, Leakey LN. New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei. Nature. 2025 Nov; 647(8091):944-951.
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Dujon AM, Asselin K, Lemaître JF, Capp JP, Pujol P, Ujvari B, DeGregori J, Nedelcu AM, Thomas F. The Role of Selection for Function in Aging and Chronic Diseases: A Novel Evolutionary Perspective. Aging Cell. 2026 Jan; 25(1):e70207.
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Yu Q, Kilik U, Secchia S, Adam L, Tsai YH, Fauci C, Janssens J, Childs CJ, Walton KD, López-Sandoval R, Wu A, Almató Bellavista M, Huang S, Steiner CA, Throm Y, Boyle MJ, He Z, Beumer J, Treutlein B, Lowe CB, Spence JR, Camp JG. Recent evolution of the developing human intestine affects metabolic and barrier functions. Science. 2025 Aug 21; 389(6762):eadr8628.
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Moore LG. Pregnancy at high altitude: evolutionary and historical perspectives. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2025 Aug 21; 380(1933):20240168.
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