Brain transcriptome sequencing and assembly of three songbird model systems for the study of social behavior

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Balakrishnan, Christopher N ^a   Mukai, Motoko ^b,c   Gonser, Rusty A ^d   Wingfield, John C ^c   London, Sarah E ^e   Tuttle, Elaina M ^a   Clayton, David F ^f  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Illumina; RNA seq; Song learning; Song sparrow; White crowned sparrow; White throated sparrow; Zebra finch; Zonotrichia

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MAPPING; GENE POOL; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84903850933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.396     Document Type: Article

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