Arthropods
"Arthropods" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class INSECTS and the subclass ARACHNIDA, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.
| Descriptor ID |
D001181
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Arthropods" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Arthropods" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Arthropods" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Christman MC, Doctor DH, Niemiller ML, Weary DJ, Young JA, Zigler KS, Culver DC. Predicting the Occurrence of Cave-Inhabiting Fauna Based on Features of the Earth Surface Environment. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0160408.