Interspecies avian brain chimeras reveal that large brain size differences are influenced by cell-interdependent processes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Like humans, birds that exhibit vocal learning have relatively delayed telencephalon maturation, resulting in a disproportionately smaller brain prenatally but enlarged telencephalon in adulthood relative to vocal non-learning birds. To determine if this
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Bitter taste receptors of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Despite the important role of bitter taste for the rejection of potentially harmful food sources, birds have long been suspected to exhibit inferior bitter tasting abilities.
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Description of the Seminiferous Epithelium Cycle Stages in the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata [PDF]
AnimalsSpermatogenesis in passerine birds remains poorly characterized. Previous studies focused on the steps of spermiogenesis, while a detailed staging of the seminiferous epithelium cycle is still lacking for this order.
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Neurogenomic insights into the behavioral and vocal development of the zebra finch [PDF]
eLife, 2021 The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a socially monogamous and colonial opportunistic breeder with pronounced sexual differences in singing and plumage coloration.
Mark E Hauber +2 more
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Karyotypic polymorphism of the zebra finch Z chromosome [PDF]
Chromosoma, 2011 We describe a karyotypic polymorphism on the zebra finch Z chromosome. This polymorphism was discovered because of a difference in the position of the centromere and because it occurs at varying frequencies in domesticated colonies in the USA and Germany
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Protein-Protein Interaction Among the FoxP Family Members and their Regulation of Two Target Genes, VLDLR and CNTNAP2 in the Zebra Finch Song System [PDF]
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2017 The Forkhead transcription factor FOXP2 is implicated in speech perception and production. The avian homolog, FoxP21 contributes to song learning and production in birds.
Ezequiel Mendoza, Constance Scharff
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An affordable solution for investigating zebra finch intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) signals. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe zebra finch is a well-studied animal model for investigating the neural mechanisms of vocal learning, and electrophysiology is the primary technique for understanding their song system.
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High nest failure in a zebra finch population and persistent nest predation by a monitor lizard [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPredation is well known to have substantial effects on behaviour and fitness in many animals. In songbirds, nest predation is rarely observed directly, so that research focusses primarily on the consequences of predation and less on the behaviour of the ...
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Insights into the evolution of Darwin’s finches from comparative analysis of the
BMC Genomics, 2013 Background A classical example of repeated speciation coupled with ecological diversification is the evolution of 14 closely related species of Darwin’s (Galápagos) finches (Thraupidae, Passeriformes).
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Zebra finch is a representative animal model for studying the molecular basis of human disorders of vocal development and communication. Accordingly, various functional studies of zebra finch have knocked down or introduced foreign genes in vivo; however,
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