Species variation in the degree of sex differences in brain and behaviour related to birdsong: adaptations and constraints

The song-control system, a neural circuit that controls the learning and production of birdsong, provided the first example in vertebrates of prominent macro-morphological sex differences in the brain. Forebrain nuclei HVC, robust nucleus of the arcopallium (RA) and area X all exhibit prominent male...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences. - The Royal Society. - 371(2016), 1688, Seite 1-8
1. Verfasser: Ball, Gregory F. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences
Schlagworte:Physical sciences Biological sciences Linguistics