Carnivora

"Carnivora" 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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An order of MAMMALS, usually flesh eaters with appropriate dentition. Suborders include the terrestrial carnivores Fissipedia, and the aquatic carnivores PINNIPEDIA.

Descriptor ID

D002335

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.150.900.649.147

Concept/Terms

Carnivora

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Mammals [B01.050.150.900.649]
Carnivora [B01.050.150.900.649.147]

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1993 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	2	0	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Carnivora" by people in Profiles.

Landscape suitability in Botswana for the conservation of its six large African carnivores. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e100202.

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The dynamic proliferation of CanSINEs mirrors the complex evolution of Feliforms. BMC Evol Biol. 2014 Jun 20; 14:137.

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Space use of African wild dogs in relation to other large carnivores. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e98846.

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Ancestral capture of syncytin-Car1, a fusogenic endogenous retroviral envelope gene involved in placentation and conserved in Carnivora. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 14; 109(7):E432-41.

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Detection and avoidance of a carnivore odor by prey. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 05; 108(27):11235-40.

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Phylogenomic analyses and improved resolution of Cetartiodactyla. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011 Nov; 61(2):255-64.

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Pattern and timing of diversification of the mammalian order Carnivora inferred from multiple nuclear gene sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2010 Jul; 56(1):49-63.

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Analyses of sweet receptor gene (Tas1r2) and preference for sweet stimuli in species of Carnivora. J Hered. 2009 Jul-Aug; 100 Suppl 1:S90-100.

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Diversity and depletions in continental carnivore guilds: implications for prioritizing global carnivore conservation. Biol Lett. 2009 Feb 23; 5(1):35-8.

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The ancestral carnivore karyotype (2n = 38) lives today in ringtails. J Hered. 2008 May-Jun; 99(3):241-53.

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