Scaling patterns of interhemispheric connectivity in eutherian mammals
Emmanuel Gilissen a1 a1 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Department of African Zoology, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratory of Histology CP 620, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. Emmanuel.Gilissen@africamuseum.be
Because network scaling costs tend to limit absolute brain size, Striedter suggests that large cetacean brains must have evolved some novel ways to cope with these costs. A new analysis of available data shows that the scaling pattern of interhemispheric connectivity in cetaceans is isometric and differs from that observed in terrestrial mammals.
