"Antlers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The horn of an animal of the deer family, typically present only in the male. It differs from the HORNS of other animals in being a solid, generally branched bony outgrowth that is shed and renewed annually. The word antler comes from the Latin anteocularis, ante (before) + oculus (eye). (From Webster, 3d ed)
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D000999
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.507.288
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antlers" by people in Profiles.
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Antler stiffness in caribou (Rangifer tarandus): testing variation in bone material properties between males and females. Zoology (Jena). 2008; 111(6):476-82.