Sex, Ecology and the Brain: Evolutionary Correlates of Brain Structure Volumes in Tanganyikan Cichlids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Gonzalez Voyer, Alejandro ^a,b   Kolm, Niclas ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CICHLIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CICHLIDS; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650736460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014355     Document Type: Article

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