Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1321-1330

  Fitzpatrick, J L ^a   Almbro, M ^a   Gonzalez Voyer, A ^b   Hamada, S ^a   Pennington, C ^a   Scanlan, J ^a   Kolm, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Morphological diversification rates; Phylogeny; Pinnipeds; The expensive sexual tissue hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FITNESS; NEUROLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPED; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PINNIPEDIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862261878     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02520.x     Document Type: Article

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