Shared developmental and evolutionary origins for neural basis of vocal-acoustic and pectoral-gestural signaling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 10677-10684

  Bass, Andrew H ^a   Chagnaud, Boris P ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Language; Pacemaker neurons; Speech; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FISH; GESTURE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOCIALIZATION; TETRAPOD; VOCALIZATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

EUTELEOSTOMI; PISCES; TETRAPODA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GESTURES; NERVE NET; PHYLOGENY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84866145200     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201886109     Document Type: Review

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