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Punctuated evolution in the learned songs of African sunbirds.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 24 Nov 2021
McEntee Jay P, Zhelezov Gleb, Werema Chacha, Najar Nadje, Peñalba Joshua V, Mulungu Elia, Mbilinyi Maneno, Karimi Sylvester, Chumakova Lyubov, Gordon Burleigh J, Bowie Rauri C K
Abstract excerpt
Learned traits are thought to be subject to different evolutionary dynamics than other phenotypes, but their evolutionary tempo and mode has received little attention. Learned bird song has been thought to be subject to rapid and constant evolution. However, we know little about the evolutionary modes of learned song divergence over long timescales. Here, we provide evidence that aspects of the territorial songs...
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