Larva

"Larva" 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.

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Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.

Descriptor ID	D007814
MeSH Number(s)	B05.500.500 G07.345.500.550.500.500
Concept/Terms	Larva Larva Larvae Maggots Maggots Maggot Tadpole Tadpole Tadpoles

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Larva".

Organisms [B]
Organism Forms [B05]
Life Cycle Stages [B05.500]
Larva [B05.500.500]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Morphogenesis [G07.345.500]
Metamorphosis, Biological [G07.345.500.550]
Life Cycle Stages [G07.345.500.550.500]
Larva [G07.345.500.550.500.500]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Larva".

Larva
Cercaria

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Larva" by people in this website by year, and whether "Larva" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 122 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	3	3
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	4	5
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	8	8
2003	0	3	3
2004	0	5	5
2005	0	3	3
2006	2	4	6
2007	0	2	2
2008	0	3	3
2009	1	3	4
2010	0	11	11
2011	0	8	8
2012	0	10	10
2013	1	3	4
2014	0	5	5
2015	0	3	3
2016	0	4	4
2017	0	3	3
2018	0	4	4
2019	0	4	4
2020	0	3	3
2021	0	6	6
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	1	1
2025	0	6	6
2026	0	1	1

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Xiao H, Wang S, Lu L, Sun Y, Yu X, Xiong L, Yang H, Fu S, Liu Z, You S. Inheritance of Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry1Ac in a Cry1S1000 Strain of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2026 Feb; 121(2):e70131.

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Koon AC, Yeung KYW, Wu Y, Leong LI, Cheung JTP, Chen ZS, Peng SI, Armstrong NS, Frank CA, Magneron P, Gomes-Pereira M, Fung JMS, Bargiela A, Moreno N, Poyatos-Garcia J, Vilchez J, Huguet-Lachon A, Brewer CK, Zinter M, Beck ES, Artero R, Gourdon G, Budnik V, Thomson T, McCabe BD, Chan HYE. Pre- and postsynaptic upregulation of FasII synergistically underlies neuropathological and behavioral phenotypes in a Drosophila model of myotonic dystrophy. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 18; 17(1):1005.

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Calhoun CCS, Capps MES, Muya K, Gannaway WC, Martina V, Conklin CL, Klein MC, Webster JM, Torija-Olson EG, Thyme SB. Removal of developmentally regulated microexons has a minimal impact on larval zebrafish brain morphology and function. Elife. 2025 Nov 18; 13.

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Moyer AJ, Chrabasz JA, Barcus AK, Cheng J, Capps MES, Lalonde RL, Mosimann C, Thyme SB. Genetic context of transgene insertion can influence neurodevelopment in zebrafish. Genetics. 2025 Nov 12; 231(3).

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Xia Y, Chen C, Emery P. miR-124 acts During Drosophila Development to Determine the Phase of Adult Circadian Behavior. J Biol Rhythms. 2025 Dec; 40(6):574-593.

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Xu G, Ballman E, Stamborski N, Siegel EL, Pearson P, Rich SM. A new spotted fever group Rickettsia genotype in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, USA. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2025 May; 16(3):102465.

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Teicher G, Riffe RM, Barnaby W, Martin G, Clayton BE, Trapani JG, Downes GB. Marigold: a machine learning-based web app for zebrafish pose tracking. BMC Bioinformatics. 2025 Jan 28; 26(1):30.

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Sehadov? H, Podlahov? ?, Reppert SM, Sauman I. 3D reconstruction of larval and adult brain neuropils of two giant silk moth species: Hyalophora cecropia and Antheraea pernyi. J Insect Physiol. 2023 09; 149:104546.

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Chen ZY, Yang YC, Wang BJ, Cheng FY, Lee YL, Lee YH, Wang YJ. Comparing different surface modifications of zinc oxide nanoparticles in the developmental toxicity of zebrafish embryos and larvae. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2022 Sep 15; 243:113967.

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Tu J, Jin Y, Zhuo J, Cao X, Liu G, Du H, Liu L, Wang J, Xiao H. Exogenous GABA improves the antioxidant and anti-aging ability of silkworm (Bombyx mori). Food Chem. 2022 Jul 30; 383:132400.

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