Brain transcriptome of the violet-eared waxbill Uraeginthus granatina and recent evolution in the songbird genome

Open Biology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Balakrishnan, Christopher N ^a,b   Chapus, Charles ^c   Brewer, Michael S ^a,d   Clayton, David F ^b,e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Genome; Positive selection; Sex chromosome; Social behaviour; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; POSITIVE SELECTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRDS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGGRESSION; GENOME; POSITIVE SELECTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; ZEBRA FINCH;

EID: 84885624025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130063     Document Type: Article

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