Rearing environment affects the brain size of guppies: Lab-reared guppies have smaller brains than wild-caught guppies

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-133

  Burns, James G ^a,b   Saravanan, Arthy ^b   Helen Rodd, F ^b  

^a France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CAPTIVITY; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLEIOTROPY; REARING; SIZE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58449090651     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01585.x     Document Type: Article

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