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Eye Size at Birth in Prosimian Primates: Life History Correlates and Growth Patterns

BACKGROUND: Primates have large eyes relative to head size, which profoundly influence the ontogenetic emergence of facial form. However, growth of the primate eye is only understood in a narrow taxonomic perspective, with information biased toward anthropoids. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We mea...

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Autores principales: Cummings, Joshua R., Muchlinski, Magdalena N., Kirk, E. Christopher, Rehorek, Susan J., DeLeon, Valerie B., Smith, Timothy D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036097