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ArticleRoyal Society open science2019

The variability of song variability in zebra finch (

Allison L Lansverk, Katie M Schroeder, Sarah E London, Simon C Griffith, David F Clayton, Christopher N Balakrishnan

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Allison L LansverkDepartment of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4311-6690
Katie M SchroederDepartment of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Sarah E LondonDepartment of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7839-2644
Simon C GriffithDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
David F ClaytonDepartment of Biological & Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Christopher N BalakrishnanDepartment of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0788-0659

Funding

Neurogenomics of Social Behavior: Songbird ModelsRC1GM091556 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI CLAYTON, DAVID F · 2009 to 2010
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NIGMS NIH HHS RC1 GM091556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Birdsong is a classic example of a learned social behaviour. Song behaviour is also influenced by genetic factors, and understanding the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences remains a major goal. In this study, we take advantage of captive zebra finch populations to examine variation in a population-level song trait: song variability. Song variability is of particular interest in the context of individual recognition and in terms of the neuro-developmental mechanisms that generate song novelty. We find that the Australian zebra finch

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song behavioursong variabilityzebra finch

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PMID31218064
PMCPMC6549970

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