"Elephants" 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.
Large mammals in the family Elephantidae, with columnar limbs, bulky bodies, and elongated snouts. They are the only surviving members of the PROBOSCIDEA MAMMALS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004606
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.833.249
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| Concept/Terms |
African Elephants- African Elephants
- African Elephant
- Elephant, African
- Elephants, African
- Loxodonta
Asiatic Elephants- Asiatic Elephants
- Asiatic Elephant
- Elephant, Asiatic
- Elephants, Asiatic
- Elephas maximus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elephants" by people in Profiles.
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Palkopoulou E, Lipson M, Mallick S, Nielsen S, Rohland N, Baleka S, Karpinski E, Ivancevic AM, To TH, Kortschak RD, Raison JM, Qu Z, Chin TJ, Alt KW, Claesson S, Dal?n L, MacPhee RDE, Meller H, Roca AL, Ryder OA, Heiman D, Young S, Breen M, Williams C, Aken BL, Ruffier M, Karlsson E, Johnson J, Di Palma F, Alfoldi J, Adelson DL, Mailund T, Munch K, Lindblad-Toh K, Hofreiter M, Poinar H, Reich D. A comprehensive genomic history of extinct and living elephants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 03 13; 115(11):E2566-E2574.
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Acharya KP, Paudel PK, Neupane PR, K?hl M. Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Nepal: Patterns of Human Fatalities and Injuries Caused by Large Mammals. PLoS One. 2016; 11(9):e0161717.
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Kiso WK, Selvaraj V, Nagashima J, Asano A, Brown JL, Schmitt DL, Leszyk J, Travis AJ, Pukazhenthi BS. Lactotransferrin in Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) seminal plasma correlates with semen quality. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e71033.
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Rogaev EI, Moliaka YK, Malyarchuk BA, Kondrashov FA, Derenko MV, Chumakov I, Grigorenko AP. Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of Pleistocene mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. PLoS Biol. 2006 Mar; 4(3):e73.