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Gene regulatory co-option drives birdsong neural circuit specialization

2026-04-24

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As animals evolve complex motor skills, they acquire more diverse supporting motor circuits in their nervous systems. Yet the molecular mechanisms driving motor circuit evolution remain poorly understood. Birdsong, a learned complex motor skill with parallels to human speech, is controlled by a dedicated neural circuit – the song system – that is distinguished from nearby sensorimotor regions by molecular, physiol...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.24.720702

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