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Protein Amino Acid Composition: A Genomic Signature of Encephalization in Mammals

Large brains relative to body size represent an evolutionarily costly adaptation as they are metabolically expensive and demand substantial amounts of time to reach structural and functional maturity thereby exacerbating offspring mortality while delaying reproductive age. In spite of its cost and a...

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Autores principales: Gutierrez, Humberto, Castillo, Atahualpa, Monzon, Jimena, Urrutia, Araxi O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22132093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027261