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.
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Generation and characterization of genome-modified chondrocyte-like cells from the zebra finch cell line immortalized by c-MYC expression [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2022 Background Due to their cost effectiveness, ease of use, and unlimited supply, immortalized cell lines are used in place of primary cells for a wide range of research purposes, including gene function studies, CRISPR-based gene editing, drug metabolism ...
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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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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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Why zebra finches don’t get hypercholesterolemia [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021 In his 1994 classic, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers , Robert Sapolsky (1) chronicles how the pathological effects of chronic stress commonly seen in humans are much rarer in nonhuman animals. A new paper by Velho et al. (2) in PNAS reports a fascinating discovery that provides an update to this theme.
Stephanie A. White, Timothy F. Wright
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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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The variability of song variability in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) populations [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Birdsong is a classic example of a learned social behaviour. Song behaviour is also influenced by genetic factors, and understanding the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences remains a major goal. In this study, we take advantage
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