Understanding the Loss of Maternal Care in Avian Brood Parasites Using Preoptic Area Transcriptome Comparisons in Brood Parasitic and Non-parasitic Blackbirds

Understanding the Loss of Maternal Care in Avian Brood Parasites Using Preoptic Area Transcriptome Comparisons in Brood Parasitic and Non-parasitic Blackbirds

Parental care is critical for offspring survival in many species. However, parental behaviors have been lost in roughly 1% of avian species known as the obligate brood parasites. To shed light on molecular and neurobiological mechanisms mediating brood parasitic behavior, we compared brain gene expr...

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Main Authors: Kathleen S. Lynch, Lauren A. O’Connell, Matthew I. M. Louder, Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Eva K. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019-04-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Subjects:
brood parasitism
maternal behavior
preoptic area
transcriptome
neoteny
Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.200992

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