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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2025

Seasonal divergence in reproductive timing on the verge of spring: comparing hypothalamic transcriptome of two seasonally sympatric North American songbird populations.

Devraj Singh, Adam M Fudickar, Ellen D Ketterson

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Devraj SinghBiology Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Adam M FudickarBiology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Ellen D KettersonBiology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States.

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Abstract

Every year as spring approaches and day length increases, many birds begin to reproduce, an annual expression of seasonal phenology that requires physiological preparation. In species distributed over a broad geographic range, populations that breed at higher latitudes are often migratory and delay reproduction until later in the year as compared to those breeding at lower latitudes. Dark-eyed Juncos serve as an excellent model for understanding the timing mechanisms regulating population-level variation in seasonal reproductive responses. We compared two seasonally sympatric dark-eyed junco populations in early spring. One migrates (

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dark-eyed juncognrh1hypothalamusmigrationseasonal reproductionstable hydrogen isotope

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PMCPMC12440951

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