The relationship between growth, brain asymmetry and behavioural lateralization in a cichlid fish

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-228

  Reddon, Adam R ^a   Gutiérrez Ibáñez, Cristián ^a   Wylie, Douglas R ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; Geophagus brasilensis; Growth rate; Habenula; Life history strategy; Neural asymmetries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HABENULA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HABENULA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 64849114187     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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