"Adaptation, Biological" 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.
Changes in biological features that help an organism cope with its ENVIRONMENT. These changes include physiological (ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL), phenotypic and genetic changes.
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D000220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.012
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adaptation, Biological" by people in Profiles.
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African genetic diversity provides novel insights into evolutionary history and local adaptations. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 08 01; 27(R2):R209-R218.
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Gene Presence-Absence Polymorphism in Castrating Anther-Smut Fungi: Recent Gene Gains and Phylogeographic Structure. Genome Biol Evol. 2018 04 01; 10(5):1298-1314.
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Viral adaptation to host immune responses occurs in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and adaptation is greatest in HBV e antigen-negative disease. J Virol. 2012 Jan; 86(2):1181-92.