Sociality does not drive the evolution of large brains in eusocial African mole-rats

The social brain hypothesis (SBH) posits that the demands imposed on individuals by living in cohesive social groups exert a selection pressure favouring the evolution of large brains and complex cognitive abilities. Using volumetry and the isotropic fractionator to determine the size of and numbers...

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Autores principales: Kverková, Kristina, Bělíková, Tereza, Olkowicz, Seweryn, Pavelková, Zuzana, O’Riain, M. Justin, Šumbera, Radim, Burda, Hynek, Bennett, Nigel C., Němec, Pavel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29907782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26062-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29907782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26062-8

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