Opinion piece. Telencephalon enlargement by the convergent evolution of expanded subventricular zones

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-137

  Striedter, Georg F ^a   Charvet, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Development; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TELENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BIRD; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; ORGAN SIZE; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 63249090504     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0439     Document Type: Note

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