RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRAIN SIZE AND DIGESTIVE TRACT LENGTH SUPPORT THE EXPENSIVE-TISSUE HYPOTHESIS IN FEIRANA QUADRANUS

Relationship between brain size and digestive tract length support the expensive-tissue hypothesis in Feirana quadranus

The brain is among the most energetically costly organs in napoleon concealer the vertebrate body, while the size of the brain varies within species.The expensive-tissue hypothesis (ETH) predicts that increasing the size of another costly organ, such as the gut, should compensate for the cost of a small brain.Here, the ETH was tested by analyzing t

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