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Brain evolution: How constrained is it?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Georg F. Striedter
Georg F. Striedter
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697–4550 gstriedt@uci.edu www.darwin.bio.uci.edu/neurobio/Faculty/Striedter/striedter.htm
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Abstract

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Allometric analyses suggest that there are some developmentalconstraints on brain evolution. However, when one compares animalsof similar body size, these constraints do not appear to be verytight. Moreover, the constraints often differ between taxonomicgroups. Therefore, one may ask not only what causes developmentalconstraints but also how (and why) these constraints might bealtered (or circumvented) during the course of evolution.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 296 - 297
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press