Brain evolution: Getting better all the time?

被引：24

作者：

Niven, JE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Zool, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2005年 / 15卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.007

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Recent studies on bats, goats and hominids suggest that some mammalian brains may have undergone dramatic evolutionary reductions in size. These studies emphasise the importance of selective pressures upon mammalian brain evolution and the need to integrate studies of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and behaviour.

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