Brain size, life history, and metabolism at the marsupial/placental dichotomy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 16216-16221

  Weisbecker, Vera ^a,b,c   Goswami, Anjali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altricial; Basal metabolic rate; Encephalization; Maternal energy hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BRAIN SIZE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHLING; INTIMACY; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; PLACENTA;

AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; MARSUPIALIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77958021745     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906486107     Document Type: Article

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