Machine learning reveals cryptic dialects that guide mate choice in a songbird

Abstract excerpt

Culturally transmitted communication signals – such as human language or bird song – can change over time through a process of cultural drift, and may consequently enhance the separation of populations, potentially leading to reproductive isolation 1–4 . Local song dialects have been identified in bird species with relatively simple songs where individuals show high cultural conformity 5–10 . In contrast, the em...

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• California
• Cooperative Behavior
• Finches
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Phenotype
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Vocalization, Animal

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Literature Corpus work

2dd375ab-0c4a-5417-8906-aa031df7b5ef

DOI

10.1101/2021.02.08.430277