Albert Cardona on Nostr: "Brain size scaling through development in the whitelined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) ...
"Brain size scaling through development in the whitelined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) shows mass and cell number comparable to flies, bees, and wasps", by Isabel Aksamit et al. 2023
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1467803923000968Just as I was reminded of Suzana Herculano-Houzel's measurements of the number of cells across various vertebrate groups, the very abstract of this paper mentions the "isotropic fractionation" method invented by her.
#entomology #moths #Lepidoptera #neuroscience
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