Extreme sexual brain size dimorphism in sticklebacks: A consequence of the cognitive challenges of sex and parenting?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kotrschal, Alexander ^a   Räsänen, Katja ^b   Kristjánsson, Bjarni K ^c   Senn, Mike ^b   Kolm, Niclas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FISH; ICELAND; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84855998408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030055     Document Type: Article

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