Population variation in brain size of nine-spined sticklebacks (<it>Pungitius pungitius</it>) - local adaptation or environmentally induced variation?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most evolutionary studies on the size of brains and different parts of the brain have relied on interspecific comparisons, and have uncovered correlations between brain architecture and various ecological, behavioural and life-histor...

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Main Authors: Merilä Juha, Herczeg Gábor, Gonda Abigél
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/75