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Protein Amino Acid Composition: A Genomic Signature of Encephalization in Mammals

Large brains relative to body size represent an evolutionarily costly adaptation as they are metabolically expensive and demand substantial amounts of time to reach structural and functional maturity thereby exacerbating offspring mortality while delaying reproductive age. In spite of its cost and a...

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Main Authors: Gutierrez, Humberto, Castillo, Atahualpa, Monzon, Jimena, Urrutia, Araxi O.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223171/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22132093
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027261
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