PMID- 16715506
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060725
LR  - 20101118
IS  - 0275-2565 (Print)
IS  - 0275-2565 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 6
DP  - 2006 Jun
TI  - Olfactory evolution and behavioral ecology in primates.
PG  - 545-58
AB  - Primates are usually thought of as "visual" mammals, and several comparative 
      studies have emphasized the role of vision in primate neural and sociocognitive 
      specialization. Here I explore the role of olfactory systems, using phylogenetic 
      analysis of comparative volumetric data. The relative sizes of the main olfactory 
      bulb (MOB) and accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) tend to show different evolutionary 
      patterns in accordance with their different functions. Although there is some 
      evidence of correlated evolution of the two systems, this is apparent in only one 
      clade (the strepsirhines). As predicted, the MOBs correlate predominantly with 
      ecological factors (activity period and diet), while the AOBs correlate with 
      social and mating systems. Related olfactory structures (i.e., the piriform 
      cortex and amygdala) exhibit correlated evolution with the AOBs but not with the 
      MOBs, and the corticobasolateral part of the amygdala exhibits a correlation with 
      social group size in platyrrhines similar to that observed for the AOB. These 
      social system correlations support the idea that there is an olfactory dimension 
      to the concept of the social brain.
CI  - Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
FAU - Barton, Robert A
AU  - Barton RA
AD  - Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, University 
      of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom. r.a.barton@durham.ac.uk
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Primatol
JT  - American journal of primatology
JID - 8108949
SB  - IM
MH  - Animal Communication
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Behavior, Animal
MH  - *Biological Evolution
MH  - Ecology
MH  - Feeding Behavior
MH  - Haplorhini/anatomy & histology/genetics/physiology
MH  - Olfactory Bulb/*anatomy & histology/physiology
MH  - Phylogeny
MH  - Platyrrhini/anatomy & histology/genetics/physiology
MH  - Primates/anatomy & histology/genetics/*physiology
MH  - Sexual Behavior, Animal
MH  - Smell/genetics/*physiology
MH  - Strepsirhini/anatomy & histology/genetics/physiology
EDAT- 2006/05/23 09:00
MHDA- 2006/07/26 09:00
CRDT- 2006/05/23 09:00
PHST- 2006/05/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/07/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/05/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/ajp.20251 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Primatol. 2006 Jun;68(6):545-58. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20251.