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MeSH Heading: Poecilia
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.850.280.680
Unique ID: D011036
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011036
Annotation: NIM when experimental animal
Scope Note: A genus of livebearing cyprinodont fish comprising the guppy and molly. Some species are virtually all female and depend on sperm from other species to stimulate egg development. Poecilia is used in carcinogenicity studies as well as neurologic and physiologic research.
Entry Term(s): Guppy; Lebistes; Molly
Registry Number: txid8080
Related Numbers: txid69235
Previous Indexing: Fishes (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CYPRINODONTIFORMES 1987-90
History Note: 91(87); was see under CYPRINODONTIFORMES 1987-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/04/15
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Poecilia MeSH Descriptor Data 2024