Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds

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Carolina Frankl-Vilches Heiner Kuhl Martin Werber Sven Klages Martin Kerick Antje Bakker Edivaldo HC de Oliveira Christina Reusch Floriana Capuano Jakob Vowinckel Stefan Leitner Markus Ralser Bernd Timmermann Manfred Gahr
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Abstract

While the song of all songbirds is controlled by the same neural circuit, the hormone dependence of singing behavior varies greatly between species. For this reason, songbirds are ideal organisms to study ultimate and proximate mechanisms of hormone-dependent behavior and neuronal plasticity.

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Journal Genome Biology
Volume 16
Issue number 1
Pages 19
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.1186/s13059-014-0578-9
Europe PubMed Central 25631560
Pubmed 25631560

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