Does more maternal investment mean a larger brain? Evolutionary relationships between reproductive mode and brain size in chondrichthyans

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 567-575

  Mull, Christopher G ^a   Yopak, Kara E ^b   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allometry; encephalisation; pGLS; relative brain size; reproductive mode

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CANNIBALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG; FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959783272     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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