Forebrain nuclei linked to woodpecker territorial drum displays mirror those that enable vocal learning in songbirds.

Forebrain nuclei linked to woodpecker territorial drum displays mirror those that enable vocal learning in songbirds.

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Vocal learning is thought to have evolved in 3 orders of birds (songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds), with each showing similar brain regions that have comparable gene expression specializations relative to the surrounding forebrain motor circuitry. Here, we searched for signatures of these same ge...

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Main Authors: Eric R Schuppe, Lindsey Cantin, Mukta Chakraborty, Matthew T Biegler, Electra R Jarvis, Chun-Chun Chen, Erina Hara, Mads F Bertelsen, Christopher C Witt, Erich D Jarvis, Matthew J Fuxjager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001751

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001751

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