Big brains are pricey, guppy study shows

Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 12:20 in Biology & Nature

Bigger brains can make animals, well, brainier, but that boost in brain size and ability comes at a price. That's according to new evidence reported on January 3rd in Current Biology, in which researchers artificially selected guppies for large and small brain sizes.

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