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| Title |
Homology and Convergence in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Nervous Systems
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Science of Nature, August 1999
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| DOI | 10.1007/s001140050637 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Sandeman |
| Abstract |
Each year the meeting of the American Neuroscience Society attracts over 20,000 members, reflecting the explosion of interest in this field that has occurred over the past few decades. Researchers from many disciplines are focusing their skills on the investigation of every aspect of nervous systems, and neuroscience now encompasses the entire range of endeavour from the study of the single molecules that make up neural membranes to the non-invasive observation of neural function in animals behaving in their natural environments. Advances over the past three decades in our understanding of nervous systems are impressive and come from a multifaceted approach to the study of both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. An almost unexpected by-product of the parallel investigation of vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems that is explored in this article is the emergent view of an intricate web of evolutionary homology and convergence exhibited in the structure and function of the nervous systems of these two large, paraphyletic groups of animals. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 36 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Greece | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 19% |
| Researcher | 7 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Professor | 3 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 10 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 39% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2020.
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#8,535,472
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#857
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#11,275
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#4
of 7 outputs
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