The recombination landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome

N Backström, W Forstmeier, H Schielzeth… - Genome …, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
… pedigree of more than 1000 zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) to develop a … zebra finch
to estimate recombination rates in 1 Mb intervals across the genome. The average zebra finch

Song as an honest signal of developmental stress in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

KA Spencer, KL Buchanan, AR Goldsmith… - Hormones and …, 2003 - Elsevier
In a wide range of bird species, females have been shown to express active preferences for
males that sing more complex songs. Current sexual selection theory predicts that for this …

Early acquisition of song in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata

J Böhner - Animal Behaviour, 1990 - Elsevier
Young zebra finch males were tested for their ability to acquire species-specific song before
reaching independence. Song copies developed by males kept with their fathers up to 35 …

Song learning in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): progress and prospects

PJB Slater, LA Eales, NS Clayton - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 1988 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses on the recent findings in song learning in zebra
finches and brings them together with earlier studies of song learning in this species, as well …

Sex differences, social context and personality in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata

W Schuett, SRX Dall - Animal Behaviour, 2009 - Elsevier
… Using a highly gregarious species, the zebra finch, we tested for consistent behavioural
differences (in exploration) between individuals of both sexes in both nonsocial and social …

Genetic variation and differentiation in captive and wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

W Forstmeier, G Segelbacher, JC Mueller… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a small Australian … To address this issue, we genotyped
1000 zebra finches from … of 19.3 alleles/locus for wild zebra finches. We found significant …

The zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata: an avian model for investigating the neurobiological basis of vocal learning

CV Mello - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2014 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
… The Australian zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis) is a representative perching
songbird (order Passeriformes, suborder oscine) of the Estrildidae family (subfamily Estrildinae), …

Experimental determination of a unit of song production in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

J Cynx - Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1990 - psycnet.apa.org
Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song is composed of … Seven zebra finches were presented
with short bursts of strobe … The results can be summarized as follows: Ongoing zebra finch

Colour bands, dominance, and body mass regulation in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

IC Cuthill, S Hunt, C Cleary… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The arbitrary assignment of different coloured leg bands to zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
has profound effects on mate preference, reproductive success, mortality rates, parental …

Sperm competition in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata

TR Birkhead, FM Hunter, JE Pellatt - Animal Behaviour, 1989 - Elsevier
… Extra-pair copulation is known to occur in zebra finches in the wild and the aim of this study
… in domesticated zebra finches breeding in captivity. Female zebra finches are fertile between …