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Brain size varies with temperature in vertebrates

The tremendous variation in brain size among vertebrates has long been thought to be related to differences in species’ metabolic rates. It is thought that species with higher metabolic rates can supply more energy to support the relatively high cost of brain tissue. And yet, while body temperature...

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Autores principales: Gillooly, James F., McCoy, Michael W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3961153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24688876
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.301

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