Brain modules: Mosaic evolution

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 389-394

  Barton, R A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brain size; Comparative methods; Evolution; Neural systems; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882910115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00942-6     Document Type: Chapter

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