Cortical evolution in mammals: The bane and beauty of phenotypic variability

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

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 10647-10654

  Krubitzer, Leah A ^a,b   Seelke, Adele M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; EVOLUTION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866167935     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201891109     Document Type: Review

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