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Appraising the brain's energy budget

2002; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 99; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.172399499

1091-6490

Marcus E. Raichle, Debra A. Gusnard,

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Adaptive radiations—species descended from a common ancestor that are adapted to a wide variety of ecological niches—occur frequently on remote islands where a colonist finds few competitors in an unexploited ecological landscape. We examined ...We investigated whether celebrated cases of evolutionary radiations of passerine birds on islands have produced exceptional morphological diversity relative to comparable-aged radiations globally. Based on eight external measurements, we calculated the ...