Brain Mass and Encephalization Quotients in the Domestic Industrial Pig (Sus scrofa)

In the present study we examined the brain of fetal, newborn, and adult pigs raised for meat production. The fresh and formalin-fixed weights of the brain have been recorded and used, together with body weight, to calculate the Encephalization Quotient (EQ). The weight of the cerebellum has been use...

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Autores principales: Minervini, Serena, Accogli, Gianluca, Pirone, Andrea, Graïc, Jean-Marie, Cozzi, Bruno, Desantis, Salvatore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27351807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157378

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27351807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157378

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