Developmental origins of mosaic brain evolution: Morphometric analysis of the developing zebra finch brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-213

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Passeriformes; Songbirds; Subventricular zone; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GALLIFORMES; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TECTUM; TELENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL PROLIFERATION; EVOLUTION; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FINCHES; HISTONES; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 67649234207     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22005     Document Type: Article

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