Genomics analysis of potassium channel genes in songbirds reveals molecular specializations of brain circuits for the maintenance and production of learned vocalizations

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lovell, Peter V ^a   Carleton, Julia B ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genomics; In situ hybridization; Learned vocalizations; Potassium channel; Song system; Songbird

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOMICS; LEARNING; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VOCALIZATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTENY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; SAUROPSIDA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880023032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-470     Document Type: Article

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