Response to Comment on "Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex"
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Response to Comment on "Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex"
Keil, W. ; Kaschube, M. ; Schnabel, M.; Kisvarday, Z. F.; Löwel, S. ; Coppola, D. M. & White, L. E. et al. (2012)
Science, 336(6080). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1206416
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- Authors
- Keil, Wolfgang ; Kaschube, Matthias ; Schnabel, Michael; Kisvarday, Zoltan F.; Löwel, Siegrid ; Coppola, David M.; White, Leonard E.; Wolf, Fred
- Abstract
- Meng et al. conjecture that pinwheel density scales with body and brain size. Our data, spanning a 40-fold range of body sizes in Laurasiatheria and Euarchonta, do not support this conclusion. The noncolumnar layout in Glires also appears size-insensitive. Thus, body and brain size may be understood as a constraint on the evolution of visual cortical circuitry, but not as a determining factor.
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Journal
- Science
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- Language
- English
