Concerted and mosaic evolution of functional modules in songbird brains

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1854, 2017, Pages

  Moore, Jordan M ^a   Devoogd, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain evolution; Concerted; Mosaic; Songbird

Indexed keywords

PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 85028065859     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0469     Document Type: Article

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