"Ducks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A water bird in the order Anseriformes (subfamily Anatinae (true ducks)) with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.
| Descriptor ID |
D004372
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.050.200 B01.050.150.900.248.617.345
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ducks" by people in Profiles.
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Enhancer and promoter activity in the JH to IGHM intron of the Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Dev Comp Immunol. 2007; 31(3):286-95.
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Immunoglobulins of the non-galliform birds: antibody expression and repertoire in the duck. Dev Comp Immunol. 2006; 30(1-2):93-100.
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Evolution of antibody class switching: identification and transcriptional control of an Inu exon in the duck (Anas platyrhynchos). Dev Comp Immunol. 2006; 30(6):575-87.
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Opposite orientation of the alpha- and upsilon-chain constant region genes in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus of the duck. Immunogenetics. 1999 Jul; 49(7-8):692-5.
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Secretory immune system of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos). Identification and expression of the genes encoding IgA and IgM heavy chains. Eur J Immunol. 1998 Mar; 28(3):1063-8.
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Purification of duck immunoglobulins: an evaluation of protein A and protein G affinity chromatography. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1995 Jan; 44(2):169-80.
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One gene encodes the heavy chains for three different forms of IgY in the duck. J Immunol. 1994 Dec 15; 153(12):5549-55.
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cDNA sequence and organization of the immunoglobulin light chain gene of the duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Dev Comp Immunol. 1994 Nov-Dec; 18(6):523-31.
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Structural relationship between the two IgY of the duck, Anas platyrhynchos: molecular genetic evidence. J Immunol. 1992 Oct 15; 149(8):2627-33.
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Construction of mRNA genes for the synthesis and translation of duck alpha globin mRNA. Biotechniques. 1989 Sep; 7(8):856-65.