"Aphids" 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.
A family (Aphididae) of small insects, in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, that suck the juices of plants. Important genera include Schizaphis and Myzus. The latter is known to carry more than 100 virus diseases between plants.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.500.131.617.412.165
Concept/Terms
Aphids- Aphids
- Aphid
- Plant Louse
- Aphididae
- Louse, Plant
- Louses, Plant
- Plant Louses
- Lice, Plant
- Lices, Plant
- Plant Lices
- Plant Lice
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aphids" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Aphids" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Aphids" by people in Profiles.
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Farnesyl/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases regulate the biosynthesis of alarm pheromone in a unique manner in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae. Insect Mol Biol. 2023 06; 32(3):229-239.
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An aphid symbiont confers protection against a specialized RNA virus, another increases vulnerability to the same pathogen. Mol Ecol. 2023 02; 32(4):936-950.
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Does getting defensive get you anywhere?-Seasonal balancing selection, temperature, and parasitoids shape real-world, protective endosymbiont dynamics in the pea aphid. Mol Ecol. 2021 May; 30(10):2449-2472.
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Aphis Glycines Virus 2, a Novel Insect Virus with a Unique Genome Structure. Viruses. 2016 11 19; 8(11).
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Biased transmission of sex chromosomes in the aphid Myzus persicae is not associated with reproductive mode. PLoS One. 2014; 9(12):e116348.
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Analysis of new aphid lethal paralysis virus (ALPV) isolates suggests evolution of two ALPV species. J Gen Virol. 2014 Dec; 95(Pt 12):2809-2819.
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Evidence of the biochemical basis of host virulence in the greenbug aphid, Schizaphis graminum (Homoptera: Aphididae). J Proteome Res. 2014 Apr 04; 13(4):2094-108.
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The bacterial communities in plant phloem-sap-feeding insects. Mol Ecol. 2014 Mar; 23(6):1433-1444.
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of Gossypium hirsutum L. in response to sap sucking insects: aphid and whitefly. BMC Genomics. 2013 Apr 11; 14:241.
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Alteration of intersubunit acid-base pair interactions at the quasi-threefold axis of symmetry of Cucumber mosaic virus disrupts aphid vector transmission. Virology. 2013 Jun 05; 440(2):160-70.