抄録
Vertebrate brains exhibit vast amounts of anatomical diversity. In particular, the elaborate and complex nervous system of amniotes is correlated with the size of their behavioral repertoire. However, the evolutionary mechanisms underlying species-specific brain morphogenesis remain elusive. In this review we introduce reptiles as a new model organism for understanding brain evolution. These animal groups inherited ancestral traits of brain architectures. We will describe several unique aspects of the reptilian nervous system with a special focus on the telencephalon, and discuss the genetic mechanisms underlying reptile-specific brain morphology. The establishment of experimental evo-devo approaches to studying reptiles will help to shed light on the origin of the amniote brains.
本文言語 | 英語 |
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ページ(範囲) | 57-73 |
ページ数 | 17 |
ジャーナル | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution |
巻 | 320 |
号 | 2 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | 出版済み - 2013/03 |
ASJC Scopus 主題領域
- 生態、進化、行動および分類学
- 分子医療
- 動物科学および動物学
- 遺伝学
- 発生生物学