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Soortgroepen => Sprinkhanen en krekels => Topic gestart door: Wim Bakker op mei 27, 2010, 09:10:36 AM

Titel: Zwermende treksprinkhanen hebben grotere hersenen
Bericht door: Wim Bakker op mei 27, 2010, 09:10:36 AM

Swarming locusts need larger brains
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2010052401 (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2010052401)


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Despite being smaller than solitary locusts, swarming locusts developed brains that were 30% larger. Not only that, regions of the brain that are dedicated to different tasks had very different proportions in the two phases.
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