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Parent topics
- Evolution [r]: A change over time in the proportions of individual organisms differing genetically. [e]
- Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. [e]
- Central nervous system [r]: The main information-processing organs of the nervous system, consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. National Library of Medicine [e]
- Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. [e]
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Other related topics
- Brain development [r]: The build-up of the brain from ectodermal cells to a complex structure of neurons and glia. [e]
- Human evolution [r]: The study of the physical and behavioral genetic adaptations of the species belonging to the subfamily hominidae. [e]
- Nerve [r]: A bundle of nerve fibres that connects the central nervous system with other organs in an animal body. [e]
- Neuron [r]: An excitable cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses. [e]
- Allometry [r]: The study of scaling effects in biology. [e]
- Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. [e]
- Brain morphometry [r]: The quantification of correlations between structures and functions in the brain. [e]
- Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. [e]
- Lyssencephaly [r]: A medical condition in which the cerebral cortex is not convolution; the term is also used to describe non-human brains that lack cortical folding. [e]
