The vertebrate brain is highly conserved topologically, but less is known about
neuroanatomical variation between individual brain regions. Neuroanatomical variation at …

A shift in environmental conditions impacts the evolution of complex developmental and
behavioral traits. The Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus, is a powerful model for …

Environmental perturbation can drive behavioral evolution and associated changes in brain
structure and function. The Mexican fish species, Astyanax mexicanus, includes eyed river …

Traditionally, the impact of evolution on the central nervous system has been studied by
comparing the sizes of brain regions between species. However, more recent work has …

Sequential developmental events, starting from the moment of fertilization, are crucial for the
acquisition of animal body plan. Subtle modifications in such early events are likely to have …

The brain is spatially organized into subdivisions, nuclei and areas, which often correspond
to functional and developmental units. A segmentation of brain regions in the form of a …

The biological basis of lateralized cranial aberrations can be rooted in early asymmetric
patterning of developmental tissues. However, precisely how development impacts natural …

Covariation among discrete phenotypes can arise due to selection for shared functions,
and/or shared genetic and developmental underpinnings. The consequences of such …

Large-scale genomic studies have recently identified genetic variants causative for major
neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability and autism. However …

How do large and unique brains evolve? Historically, comparative neuroanatomical studies
have attributed the evolutionary genesis of highly encephalized brains to deviations along …