Evolution of anuran brains disentangling ecological and phylogenetic sources of variation

• 作 者: Wenbo Liao Shangling Lou Yu Zeng Juha Meril(a)
• 机 构: KeyLaboratoryofSouthwestChinaWildlifeResourcesConservation(MinistryofEducation),ChinaWestNormalUnive
• 出 处: 中国动物学会两栖爬行动物学分会2014年学术研讨会
• 发表日期: 2014年10期
• 关键词: amphibian brain comparative method diet habitat type predation risk

Variation in ecological selection pressures has been implicated to explain variation in brain size and architecture in fishes,birds and mammals,but little is known in this respect about amphibians.Likewise,the relative importance of constraint vs.mosaic hypotheses of brain evolution in explaining variation in brain size and architecture remain contentious.