Developmental differences are correlated with relative brain size in birds: A comparative analysis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1913-1928

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a,b   Nelson, John E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SIZE DETERMINATION;

BIRDS; BRAIN SIZE; ZOOLOGY;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

BIRD; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 1642343662     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-190     Document Type: Article

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