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Comparative Study
. 1975 Aug 9;147(2):167-75.
doi: 10.1007/BF00306731.

A cytoarchitectonic volumetric comparison of the area gigantopyramidalis in wild and domestic sheep

No authors listed
Comparative Study

A cytoarchitectonic volumetric comparison of the area gigantopyramidalis in wild and domestic sheep

No authors listed. Anat Embryol (Berl). .

Abstract

The area gigantopyramidalis has been circumscribed on frontal serial sections of brains of mouflons (Ovis ammon musimon) and domestic sheep (Ovis ammon f. aries). A brief description of the topography and lamination of the area 4 is given. By means of intraspecific-allometric methods this area has shown a decrease in volume by 29.9% in domestic sheep compared with wild sheep. In view of the close relationship between size and function of a structure the reduction rates of the area gigantopyramidalis, the cerebellum and the basal ganglia are discussed as due to the special environmental changes caused by domestication.

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