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dc.contributor.authorWhiteside, MA
dc.contributor.authorBess, MM
dc.contributor.authorFrasnelli, E
dc.contributor.authorBeardsworth, CE
dc.contributor.authorLangley, EJG
dc.contributor.authorvan Horik, JO
dc.contributor.authorMadden, JR
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-04T13:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-13
dc.description.abstractBrain lateralization is considered adaptive because it leads to behavioral biases and specializations that bring fitness benefits. Across species, strongly lateralized individuals perform better in specific behaviors likely to improve survival. What constrains continued exaggerated lateralization? We measured survival of pheasants, finding that individuals with stronger bias in their footedness had shorter life expectancies compared to individuals with weak biases. Consequently, weak, or no footedness provided the highest fitness benefits. If, as suggested, footedness is indicative of more general brain lateralization, this could explain why continued brain lateralization is constrained even though it may improve performance in specific behaviors.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by a European Research Council Consolidator Award (616474) awarded to JRM.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 8, article 13791en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-018-32066-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/34196
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214056en_GB
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dc.titleLow survival of strongly footed pheasants may explain constraints on lateralizationen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2018-10-04T13:03:56Z
exeter.place-of-publicationEnglanden_GB
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available from Springer Nature via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalScientific Reportsen_GB


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