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SUBMITTER: Colombelli-Negrel D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419567 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colombelli-Négrel Diane D Hauber Mark E ME Evans Christine C Katsis Andrew C AC Brouwer Lyanne L Adreani Nicolas M NM Kleindorfer Sonia S
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20210906 1836
Understanding when learning begins is critical for identifying the factors that shape both the developmental course and the function of information acquisition. Until recently, sufficient development of the neural substrates for any sort of vocal learning to begin in songbirds was thought to be reached well after hatching. New research shows that embryonic gene activation and the outcome of vocal learning can be modulated by sound exposure <i>in ovo</i>. We tested whether avian embryos across li ...[more]