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Artificial selection on brain size leads to matching changes in overall number of neurons

Neurons are the basic computational units of the brain, but brain size is the predominant surrogate measure of brain functional capacity in comparative and cognitive neuroscience. This approach is based on the assumption that larger brains harbor higher numbers of neurons and their connections, and...

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Autores principales: Marhounová, Lucie, Kotrschal, Alexander, Kverková, Kristina, Kolm, Niclas, Němec, Pavel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6772110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31339177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.13805