An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Lewitus, Eric ^a,b   Kelava, Iva ^a,c   Kalinka, Alex T ^a,d   Tomancak, Pavel ^a   Huttner, Wieland B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Institute für Populationsgenetik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLESIOMORPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE;

MAMMALIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84912569284     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002000     Document Type: Article

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