Extreme sexual brain size dimorphism in sticklebacks: a consequence of the cognitive challenges of sex and parenting?

Selection pressures that act differently on males and females produce numerous differences between the sexes in morphology and behaviour. However, apart from the controversial report that males have slightly heavier brains than females in humans, evidence for substantial sexual dimorphism in brain s...

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Main Authors: Alexander Kotrschal, Katja Räsänen, Bjarni K Kristjánsson, Mike Senn, Niclas Kolm
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1a7112beb1ef4933a09aefe033fb76f3
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