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Allometricks: Confusion about phylogenetic “progression” in brain evolution?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Ilya I. Glezer ,
Myron S. Jacobs  and
Peter J. Morgane
Ilya I. Glezer
Affiliation:
City College of New York Medical School, New York, NY 10031
Myron S. Jacobs
Affiliation:
New York University Dental Center, New York, NY 10021
Peter J. Morgane
Affiliation:
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 187 - 190
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