Linked regularities in the development and evolution of mammalian brains

摘要: Analysis of data collected on 131 species primates, bats, and insectivores showed that the sizes brain components, from medulla to forebrain, are highly predictable absolute size by a nonlinear function. The order neurogenesis was found be conserved across wide range mammals correlate with relative enlargement structures as increases, disproportionately large growth occurring in late-generated structures. Because is conserved, most likely alteration resulting selection for any behavioral ability may coordinated entire nonolfactory brain.