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Response to Comment on “Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex“

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Keil,  Wolfgang
Research Group Theoretical Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;

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Kaschube,  Matthias
Research Group Theoretical Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;

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Schnabel,  Michael
Research Group Theoretical Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;

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Wolf,  Fred
Research Group Theoretical Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;
Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;

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Keil, W., Kaschube, M., Schnabel, M., Kisvarday, Z. F., Löwel, S., Coppola, D. M., et al. (2012). Response to Comment on “Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex“. Science, 336(6080), 413-413. doi:10.1126/science.1206416.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0029-10E3-B
Abstract
Meng et al. conjecture that pinwheel density scales with body and brain size. Our data, spanning a 40-fold range of body sizes in Laurasiatheria and Euarchonta, do not support this conclusion. The noncolumnar layout in Glires also appears size-insensitive. Thus, body and brain size may be understood as a constraint on the evolution of visual cortical circuitry, but not as a determining factor.