"Lions" 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, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the cat family FELIDAE, species Panthera leo. They are found in Africa and southern Asia.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.649.147.354.600.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lions" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Lions" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Lions" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic Evidence for Contrasting Wetland and Savannah Habitat Specializations in Different Populations of Lions (Panthera leo). J Hered. 2016 Mar; 107(2):101-3.
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Trophic scaling and occupancy analysis reveals a lion population limited by top-down anthropogenic pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99389.
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Development of MHC-Linked Microsatellite Markers in the Domestic Cat and Their Use to Evaluate MHC Diversity in Domestic Cats, Cheetahs, and Gir Lions. J Hered. 2014 Jul-Aug; 105(4):493-505.
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The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes. Nat Commun. 2013; 4:2433.
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FIV diversity: FIV Ple subtype composition may influence disease outcome in African lions. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2011 Oct 15; 143(3-4):338-46.
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Lion (Panthera leo) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) IFN-gamma sequences. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2010 Apr 15; 134(3-4):296-8.
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Pathological manifestations of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in wild African lions. Virology. 2009 Jul 20; 390(1):1-12.
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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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The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics. PLoS Genet. 2008 Nov; 4(11):e1000251.
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Genomic organization, sequence divergence, and recombination of feline immunodeficiency virus from lions in the wild. BMC Genomics. 2008 Feb 05; 9:66.