"Asia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)
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D001208
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Z01.252
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2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asia" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function. Nat Genet. 2022 01; 54(1):18-29.
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High mitochondrial diversity of domesticated goats persisted among Bronze and Iron Age pastoralists in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0233333.
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The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature. 2018 03 08; 555(7695):197-203.
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Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci. Nature. 2017 11 02; 551(7678):92-94.
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The 5300-year-old Helicobacter pylori genome of the Iceman. Science. 2016 Jan 08; 351(6269):162-165.