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Positive selection in noncoding genomic regions of vocal learning birds is associated with genes implicated in vocal learning and speech functions in humans

Vocal learning, the ability to imitate sounds from conspecifics and the environment, is a key component of human spoken language and learned song in three independently evolved avian groups—oscine songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds. Humans and each of these three bird clades exhibit specialized be...

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Autores principales: Cahill, James A., Armstrong, Joel, Deran, Alden, Khoury, Carolyn J., Paten, Benedict, Haussler, David, Jarvis, Erich D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8559704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.275989.121