No small feat: MicroRNA responses during vocal communication in songbirds

Claudio V. Mello; Peter V. Lovell

doi:10.1186/1741-7007-9-35

No small feat: MicroRNA responses during vocal communication in songbirds

Claudio V. Mello, Peter V. Lovell

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Abstract

Simply hearing the song produced by another bird of the same species triggers the regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) in high-order auditory parts of the zebra finch brain. Some of the identified miRNAs appear to be unique to birds, possibly to songbirds. These findings, reported in BMC Genomics, highlight the complexities of gene regulation associated with vocal communication and point to possible key regulators of song-triggered gene networks.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	35
Journal	BMC Biology
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-9-35
State	Published - May 31 2011

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Biotechnology
Structural Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Physiology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology

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