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Physiologically driven avian vocal synthesizer.

A novel prolactin-like protein (PRL-L) gene in chickens and zebrafish: cloning and characterization of its tissue expression.

Darwin's enduring finches.

Comparative studies of the dorsal surface of the tongue in three avian species by scanning electron microscopy.

Parallel pathways for vocal learning in basal ganglia of songbirds.

A basal ganglia pathway drives selective auditory responses in songbird dopaminergic neurons via disinhibition.

Cryptic regulation of vasotocin neuronal activity but not anatomy by sex steroids and social stimuli in opportunistic desert finches.

Genomic organization and molecular phylogenies of the beta (beta) keratin multigene family in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata): implications for feather evolution.

The zebra finch neuropeptidome: prediction, detection and expression.

The selective estrogen receptor-alpha coactivator, RPL7, and sexual differentiation of the songbird brain.

Spatial unmasking of birdsong in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).

The disassociation of visual and acoustic conspecific cues decreases discrimination by female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

Song Decrystallization in Adult Zebra Finches Does Not Require the Song Nucleus NIf

Wireless Neural Stimulation in Freely Behaving Small Animals

Disruption of FEM1C-W gene in zebra finch: evolutionary insights on avian ZW genes.

Trichomoniasis in wild finches.

Estradiol Shapes Auditory Processing in the Adult Brain by Regulating Inhibitory Transmission and Plasticity-Associated Gene Expression

Darwin's finches: analysis of beak morphological changes during evolution.

Microarray analysis of embryonic beak mRNA from Darwin's finches.

Collection of embryos from Darwin's finches (Thraupidae, Passeriformes).