Song preferences by females: Male song complexity and gene expression in the female brain

Ornithological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Eda Fujiwara, Hiroko ^a   Miyamoto, Takenori ^a   Satoh, Ryohei ^b  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

NCM; Sensory exploitation; Sexual selection; Vocal mimicry; ZENK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888626548     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.5.23     Document Type: Article

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