Songbird genome sings of the communicating brain
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 15:14
in Biology & Nature
The Australian zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, weighs less than half an ounce, mates for life and, unlike most vocalizing animals, learns its songs from its elders. A new analysis of its genome, the first of a songbird, is providing tantalizing clues to the mechanisms and evolution of vocal communication.
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