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Patterns of host plant use do not explain mushroom body expansion in Heliconiini butterflies

The selective pressures leading to the elaboration of downstream, integrative processing centres, such as the mammalian neocortex or insect mushroom bodies, are often unclear. In Heliconius butterflies, the mushroom bodies are two to four times larger than those of their Heliconiini relatives, and t...

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Autores principales: Young, Fletcher J., Monllor, Monica, McMillan, W. Owen, Montgomery, Stephen H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10369028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37491961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1155