The allometry of brain miniaturization in ants

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Seid, Marc A ^a   Castillo, Armando ^a   Wcislo, William T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ants; Brain evolution; Miniaturization; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

ANIMALIA; ATTA COLUMBICA; FORMICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951853664     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322530     Document Type: Article

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