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Large brains, short life: selection on brain size impacts intrinsic lifespan

The relationship between brain size and ageing is a paradox. The cognitive benefits of large brains should protect from extrinsic mortality and thus indirectly select for slower ageing. However, the substantial energetic cost of neural tissue may also impact the energetic budget of large-brained org...

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Publicado en:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Kotrschal, Alexander, Corral-Lopez, Alberto, Kolm, Niclas
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548732/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31088278
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0137
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