"Seals, Earless" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The family Phocidae, suborder PINNIPEDIA, order CARNIVORA, comprising the true seals. They lack external ears and are unable to use their hind flippers to walk. It includes over 18 species including the harp seal, probably the best known seal species in the world.
| Descriptor ID |
D046048
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.600.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Seals, Earless- Seals, Earless
- Earless Seal
- Earless Seals
- Seal, Earless
- Phocidae
- Seals, True
- Seal, True
- True Seal
- True Seals
Seal, Gray- Seal, Gray
- Gray Seal
- Gray Seals
- Seals, Gray
- Halichoerus grypus
Seal, Harp- Seal, Harp
- Harp Seal
- Harp Seals
- Seals, Harp
- Phoca groenlandica
- Pagophilus groenlandicus
Seal, Elephant- Seal, Elephant
- Elephant Seal
- Elephant Seals
- Seals, Elephant
- Mirounga
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seals, Earless" by people in Profiles.
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Development, validation, and utilization of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies against Brucella species in marine mammals. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2010 Nov; 22(6):856-62.
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Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH) in ringed seal (Phoca hispida) from Ulukhaktok (Holman), NT: trends from 1978 to 2006. Sci Total Environ. 2009 Sep 01; 407(18):5139-46.
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Global distribution of halogenated dimethyl bipyrroles in marine mammal blubber. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2002 Aug; 43(2):244-55.