Evolutionary specialization in mammalian cortical structure

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1504-1511

  Barton, R A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Neocortex; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34250779879     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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