Data from: Traces of phylogeny and ecology in hippocampal neuron numbers
- 1. University of Zurich
- 2. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
- 3. Natural History Museum, St. Gallen
- 4. Bat Conservation Switzerland, Zurich
- 5. Universidade Federal de Viçosa
- 6. The University of Western Australia
- 7. Weizmann Institute of Science
- 8. University of St Andrews
- 9. ETH Zurich
Description
The datasets contain hippocampal cell numbers and ecological variables used to investigate the evolution of the hippocampus and the ecological factors that are drivers of natural selection in the phylogenetic development of the hippocampus. The dataset on hippocampal cell numbers contains additional species, which due to specimen n < 3 were not included in the analysis. In addition, the dataset on hippocampal cell numbers contains all sampling parameters, CE estimates and all other information on the specimens available to us (e.g., brain weights, body weights, sex). Interactive graphs permit species identification in 3D representations of phylogenetic principal components analyses (principal components 1 - 3) and species identification and exploration in the hippocampal morphospace. The R script that was used to analyse the data is provided.
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Funding provided by: EMDO Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
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Funding provided by: Prof. Dr. med. Karl and Rena Theiler Haag Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
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Methods
The methods to collect the data are decribed in detail in the publication that this dataset accompanies. All neuron number estimates were generated using the Optical Fractionator, a design-based stereological method.
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- 10.5061/dryad.kd51c5bht (DOI)