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Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat

There is remarkable diversity in brain size among vertebrates, but surprisingly little is known about how ecological species interactions impact the evolution of brain size. Using guppies, artificially selected for large and small brains, we determined how brain size affects survival under predation...

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Autores principales: Kotrschal, Alexander, Buechel, Séverine D, Zala, Sarah M, Corral-Lopez, Alberto, Penn, Dustin J, Kolm, Niclas, Sorci, Gabriele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25960088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12441