"Columbidae" 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.
Family in the order COLUMBIFORMES, comprised of pigeons or doves. They are BIRDS with short legs, stout bodies, small heads, and slender bills. Some sources call the smaller species doves and the larger pigeons, but the names are interchangeable.
| Descriptor ID |
D010856
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.165.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Columba livia- Columba livia
- Rock Doves
- Dove, Rock
- Doves, Rock
- Rock Dove
- Feral Pigeons
- Feral Pigeon
- Pigeon, Feral
- Pigeons, Feral
- Domestic Pigeons
- Domestic Pigeon
- Pigeon, Domestic
- Pigeons, Domestic
- Rock Pigeons
- Pigeon, Rock
- Pigeons, Rock
- Rock Pigeon
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Columbidae" by people in Profiles.
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Kitazawa T, Polzin AN, Eto M. CPI-17-deficient smooth muscle of chicken. J Physiol. 2004 Jun 01; 557(Pt 2):515-28.
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Schwaber JS, Cohen DH. Field potential and single unit analyses of the avian dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and citeria for identifying vagal cardiac cells of origin. Brain Res. 1978 May 19; 147(1):79-90.
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Schwaber JS, Cohen DH. Electrophysiological and electron microscopic analysis of the vagus nerve of the pigeon, with particular reference to the cardiac innervation. Brain Res. 1978 May 19; 147(1):65-78.