… ), which is a songbird belonging to the large avian … the songbird lineage of genes that are
regulated during song experience. These results indicate an active involvement of the genome …

… to unannotated scaffolds, putative songbird novel gene sets … of identifying songbird-specific
genes: two additional songbirds, … be orthologous between songbirds and non-songbirds, and …

… songbirds … songbird genome and how songbird brain gene expression has been measured
in past studies. Four key problems in songbird biology are then considered from a genomics …

Structural variation (SV) constitutes an important type of genetic mutations providing the raw
material for evolution. Here, we uncover the genome-wide spectrum of intra- and …

… songbird biology such as the neural control of singing, the complex social lives of songbirds,
and the ability of songbirds … zebra finch genome sequence may have transformative impact. …

… This study provides new insight into songbird transcriptomes, and candidate markers identified
here may help research in songbirds (oscine Passeriformes), a frequently studied group. …

… differentiation in this migratory songbird. Our analyses revealed … in reproductive isolation in
songbirds showed that genes linked … role in divergence in migratory songbirds, but we find no …

Background Understanding variation in genome structure is essential to understand phenotypic
differences within populations and the evolutionary history of species. A promising form …

… We have successfully sequenced a transcriptome of an ecological model songbird, the
dark-… a valuable resource for the study of many songbird species. Based on the identification of …

… Songbirds are important models for the study of social behaviour and communication. To
complement the recent genome … transcriptome of a closely related songbird species, the violet-…