Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Novel neuroanatomical integration and scaling define avian brain shape evolution and development
A. Watanabe, A. M. Balanoff, P. M. Gignac…·M. A. Norell
This study examines brain shape evolution in birds and their dinosaur relatives, finding that brain morphology evolved through both integrated and mosaic processes, with distinct scaling relationships in different regions.
DOI 10.7554/elife.68809