Comparative analysis of gene expressions among avian brains: A molecular approach to the evolution of vocal learning

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 474-479

  Matsunaga, Eiji ^a,b   Kato, Masaki ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Cadherin; Evolution; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMMINGBIRD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SONGBIRD; VOCAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CADHERINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 40249107622     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.045     Document Type: Article

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