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Predators Select For Higher Levels Of Brain Cell Proliferation In Trinidadian Killifish, Rivulus Hartii, Joshua Corbo
Predators Select For Higher Levels Of Brain Cell Proliferation In Trinidadian Killifish, Rivulus Hartii, Joshua Corbo
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Brain cell proliferation is an important form of brain plasticity that has been sparsely studied in natural populations. Killifish, Rivulus hartii, from the freshwater streams of Trinidad are a remarkable organism for understanding how brain plasticity is influenced by both internal and environmental factors. Through extensive ecological studies in the region, Trinidadian killifish have been used to determine how predation directly effects brain cell proliferation and brain size. In wild populations, waterfalls in the streams block predator movements upstream, thereby creating distinct populations of killifish – i.e., killifish living with abundant predators (high predators, HP) and killifish living with …