Table 5 Pagel’s λ of phylogenetic generalized least squares analyses of partition volume against whole brain volume minus partition volume.

From: Testing hypotheses of developmental constraints on mammalian brain partition evolution, using marsupials

WBV-Partition

Marsupials

Placentals

Placentals without OB

Primates

Afrosoricidae

Eulipotyphla

N

28

75

104

45

14

13

Olf. bulbs

1

0.93

-

0.84

1

1

Cerebrum

0.95

1

0.99

0.99

0.4

1

Hippocampus

1

0.92

0.99

0.96

0.71

0

Diencephalon

0.63

0.93

0.89

0.86

1

0.63

Midbrain

0.59

1

0.98

1

0.63

0

Cerebellum

0.5

0.97

0.92

0.86

0

1

Medulla

0

0.95

0.93

0.43

0.99

0

  1. Bold, high lambda and similar W scores as a model with λ = 1; regular font, ambiguous; underlined, low λ and similar W scores as a model with λ = 0 (see materials and methods for details).