Understanding Vertebrate Brain Evolution
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Understanding Vertebrate Brain Evolution1
SYNOPSIS. Four major questions can be asked about vertebrate brain evolution: 1) What major changes have occurred in neural organization and function? 2) When did these changes occur? 3) By what mechanisms did these changes occur? 4) Why did these changes occur? Comparative neurobiologists have been very successful in recognizing major changes in brain structure. They have also made progress in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Integrative and Comparative Biology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1540-7063,1557-7023
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.4.743