Extended parental provisioning and variation in vertebrate brain sizes.
Large brains provide adaptive cognitive benefits but require unusually high, near-constant energy inputs and become fully functional well after their growth is completed. Consequently, young of most larger-brained endotherms should not be able to independently support the growth and development of t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002016 |