Auditory and sexual preferences for a father's song can co-emerge in female Bengalese finches.

Birdsong is an important communication signal used in mate choice. In some songbird species, only the males produce songs. While the females of those species do not sing, they are sensitive to inter- and intra-species song variations, and the song preferences of females depend on their developmental...

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Main Authors: Tomoko G Fujii, Kazuo Okanoya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254302