Cortical evolution as the expression of a program for disproportionate growth and the proliferation of areas

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-96

  Finlay, B L ^a   Brodsky, P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00051-3     Document Type: Chapter

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