For whom the bird sings: Context-dependent gene expression

Neuron

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 775-788

  Jarvis, Erich D ^a,b   Scharff, Constance ^a   Grossman, Matthew R ^a   Ramos, Joana A ^a   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032192459     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80594-2     Document Type: Article

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