"Feathers" 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.
Flat keratinous structures found on the skin surface of birds. Feathers are made partly of a hollow shaft fringed with barbs. They constitute the plumage.
| Descriptor ID |
D005241
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.370
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Feathers".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Feathers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Feathers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Feathers" by people in Profiles.
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Conserved regulatory switches for the transition from natal down to juvenile feather in birds. Nat Commun. 2024 May 16; 15(1):4174.
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Gap junctions in Turing-type periodic feather pattern formation. PLoS Biol. 2024 May; 22(5):e3002636.
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Adaptive patterning of vascular network during avian skin development: Mesenchymal plasticity and dermal vasculogenesis. Cells Dev. 2024 Sep; 179:203922.
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Using Avian Skin Explants to Study Tissue Patterning and Organogenesis. J Vis Exp. 2023 09 15; (199).
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UPF1 adds an m6A feather to its (de)cap. Cell Rep. 2022 05 24; 39(8):110898.
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Cis-acting mutation affecting GJA5 transcription is underlying the Melanotic within-feather pigmentation pattern in chickens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 10 12; 118(41).
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Regional Specific Differentiation of Integumentary Organs: Regulation of Gene Clusters within the Avian Epidermal Differentiation Complex and Impacts of SATB2 Overexpression. Genes (Basel). 2021 08 23; 12(8).
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Cyclic growth of dermal papilla and regeneration of follicular mesenchymal components during feather cycling. Development. 2021 09 15; 148(18).
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Regional specific differentiation of integumentary organs: SATB2 is involved in α- and β-keratin gene cluster switching in the chicken. Dev Dyn. 2022 09; 251(9):1490-1508.
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A quantitative image-based protocol for morphological characterization of cellular solids in feather shafts. STAR Protoc. 2021 09 17; 2(3):100661.