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The genome of a songbird

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  • Wesley C. Warren

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • David F. Clayton

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Hans Ellegren

    (Uppsala University, Institute for Evolution and Genetics Systems, Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Arthur P. Arnold

    (University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90056, USA)

  • LaDeana W. Hillier

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Axel Künstner

    (Uppsala University, Institute for Evolution and Genetics Systems, Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Steve Searle

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK)

  • Simon White

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK)

  • Albert J. Vilella

    (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK)

  • Susan Fairley

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK)

  • Andreas Heger

    (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford, Anatomy and Genetics, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK)

  • Lesheng Kong

    (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford, Anatomy and Genetics, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK)

  • Chris P. Ponting

    (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford, Anatomy and Genetics, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK)

  • Erich D. Jarvis

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Box 3209, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA)

  • Claudio V. Mello

    (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA)

  • Pat Minx

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Peter Lovell

    (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA)

  • Tarciso A. F. Velho

    (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA)

  • Margaret Ferris

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Christopher N. Balakrishnan

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Saurabh Sinha

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Charles Blatti

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Sarah E. London

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Yun Li

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Ya-Chi Lin

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Julia George

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Jonathan Sweedler

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Bruce Southey

    (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 USA)

  • Preethi Gunaratne

    (University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA)

  • Michael Watson

    (Institute for Animal Health)

  • Kiwoong Nam

    (Uppsala University, Institute for Evolution and Genetics Systems, Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Niclas Backström

    (Uppsala University, Institute for Evolution and Genetics Systems, Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Linnea Smeds

    (Uppsala University, Institute for Evolution and Genetics Systems, Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Benoit Nabholz

    (Uppsala University, Institute for Evolution and Genetics Systems, Norbyvägen 18D 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Yuichiro Itoh

    (University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90056, USA)

  • Osceola Whitney

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Box 3209, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA)

  • Andreas R. Pfenning

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Box 3209, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA)

  • Jason Howard

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Box 3209, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA)

  • Martin Völker

    (Institute for Animal Health)

  • Bejamin M. Skinner

    (University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK)

  • Darren K. Griffin

    (University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK)

  • Liang Ye

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • William M. McLaren

    (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK)

  • Paul Flicek

    (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK)

  • Victor Quesada

    (Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Universidad de Oviedo)

  • Gloria Velasco

    (Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Universidad de Oviedo)

  • Carlos Lopez-Otin

    (Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Universidad de Oviedo)

  • Xose S. Puente

    (Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Universidad de Oviedo)

  • Tsviya Olender

    (Crown Human Genome Center, Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Doron Lancet

    (Crown Human Genome Center, Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • Arian F. A. Smit

    (Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34th Street, Seattle, Washington 98103-8904, USA)

  • Robert Hubley

    (Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34th Street, Seattle, Washington 98103-8904, USA)

  • Miriam K. Konkel

    (Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA)

  • Jerilyn A. Walker

    (Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA)

  • Mark A. Batzer

    (Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA)

  • Wanjun Gu

    (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop 8101, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA)

  • David D. Pollock

    (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop 8101, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA)

  • Lin Chen

    (University of Washington, Genome Sciences, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA)

  • Ze Cheng

    (University of Washington, Genome Sciences, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA)

  • Evan E. Eichler

    (University of Washington, Genome Sciences, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA)

  • Jessica Stapley

    (University of Washington, Genome Sciences, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA)

  • Jon Slate

    (University of Sheffield)

  • Robert Ekblom

    (University of Sheffield)

  • Tim Birkhead

    (University of Sheffield)

  • Terry Burke

    (University of Sheffield)

  • David Burt

    (The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh University, EH25 9OS, UK)

  • Constance Scharff

    (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institut Biology, Takustr.6, 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Iris Adam

    (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institut Biology, Takustr.6, 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Hugues Richard

    (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, IhnestraBe 73 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Marc Sultan

    (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, IhnestraBe 73 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Alexey Soldatov

    (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, IhnestraBe 73 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Hans Lehrach

    (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, IhnestraBe 73 14195 Berlin, Germany)

  • Scott V. Edwards

    (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Shiaw-Pyng Yang

    (Monsanto Company, 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St Louis, Missouri 63167, USA)

  • XiaoChing Li

    (Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA)

  • Tina Graves

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Lucinda Fulton

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Joanne Nelson

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Asif Chinwalla

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Shunfeng Hou

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Elaine R. Mardis

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

  • Richard K. Wilson

    (The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8501, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA)

Abstract

Genome for a song The genome of the zebra finch — a songbird and a model for the study of vertebrate brain, behaviour and evolution — has been sequenced. Its comparison with the chicken genome, the only other bird genome available, shows that genes with neural function and implicated in cognitive processing of song have been rapidly evolving in the finch lineage. The study also shows that vocal communication engages much of the zebra finch brain transcriptome and identifies a potential integrator of microRNA signals linked to vocal communication.

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  • Wesley C. Warren & David F. Clayton & Hans Ellegren & Arthur P. Arnold & LaDeana W. Hillier & Axel Künstner & Steve Searle & Simon White & Albert J. Vilella & Susan Fairley & Andreas Heger & Lesheng K, 2010. "The genome of a songbird," Nature, Nature, vol. 464(7289), pages 757-762, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:464:y:2010:i:7289:d:10.1038_nature08819
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08819
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