Evidence for small scale variation in the vertebrate brain: Mating strategy and sex affect brain size and structure in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2524-2531

  Kolm, N ^a   Gonzalez Voyer, A ^a   Brelin, D ^a   Winberg, S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mating strategy; Migration; Neural development; Sexual selection; Sneakers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NEUROLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALMONID; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNEAK COPULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TROUT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TROUT;

SALMO TRUTTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72449149648     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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