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Large brains, short life: selection on brain size impacts intrinsic lifespan

The relationship between brain size and ageing is a paradox. The cognitive benefits of large brains should protect from extrinsic mortality and thus indirectly select for slower ageing. However, the substantial energetic cost of neural tissue may also impact the energetic budget of large-brained org...

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Autores principales: Kotrschal, Alexander, Corral-Lopez, Alberto, Kolm, Niclas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31088278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0137