Developmental basis for telencephalon expansion in waterfowl: Enlargement prior to neurogenesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3421-3427

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altricial; Anseriformes; Neurogenesis; Precocial; Size; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MATURATION; NEUROLOGY; PRECOCIALITY; SIZE; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHICKEN; DUCKS AND GEESE; EMBRYO; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECTUM; TELENCEPHALON; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; NEUROGENESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 70349625830     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0888     Document Type: Article

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