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Brain size, gut size and cognitive abilities: the energy trade-offs tested in artificial selection experiment

The enlarged brains of homeotherms bring behavioural advantages, but also incur high energy expenditures. The ‘expensive brain’ (EB) hypothesis posits that the energetic costs of the enlarged brain and the resulting increased cognitive abilities (CA) were met by either increased energy turnover or r...

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Autores principales: Goncerzewicz, Anna, Górkiewicz, Tomasz, Dzik, Jakub M., Jędrzejewska-Szmek, Joanna, Knapska, Ewelina, Konarzewski, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9006030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35414242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2747