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Anatomic brain asymmetry in vervet monkeys.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Fears Scott C, Scheibel Kevin, Abaryan Zvart, Lee Chris, Service Susan K, Jorgensen Matthew J, Fairbanks Lynn A, Cantor Rita M, Freimer Nelson B, Woods Roger P
Abstract excerpt
Asymmetry is a prominent feature of human brains with important functional consequences. Many asymmetric traits show population bias, but little is known about the genetic and environmental sources contributing to inter-individual variance. Anatomic asymmetry has been observed in Old World monkeys, but the evidence for the direction and extent of asymmetry is equivocal and only one study has estimated the genetic...
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