Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition: e139

Recently, Manger [8] made the controversial claim that cetacean brains are large because they contain an unusually large number of thermogenic glial cells whose numbers increased greatly to counteract heat loss during a decrease in ocean temperatures in the Eocene-Oligocene transition. [...]he argue...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS biology 2007-05, Vol.5 (5)
Hauptverfasser:	Marino, Lori, Connor, Richard C, dyce, R Ewan, Herman, Louis M, Hof, Patrick R, Lefebvre, Louis, Lusseau, David, McCowan, Brenda, Nimchinsky, Esther A, Pack, Adam A, Rendell, Luke, Reidenberg, Joy S, Reiss, Diana, Uhen, Mark D, Gucht, Estel Vander, Whitehead, Hal
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Brain Cognition & reasoning Dolphins & porpoises Ecology Evolution Evolutionary Biology Mammals Neuroscience Whales & whaling
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