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Experts unravel the genetic mechanism behind facial color differences between male and female zebra finches

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Experts unravel the genetic mechanism behind facial color differences between male and female zebra finches

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Male and female zebra finches in a finch nest

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Credit: Lin et al., 2025, PLOS Genetics, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Experts unravel the genetic mechanism behind facial color differences between male and female zebra finches.

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Freely available article: https://plos.io/4ko5SQo

Article Title: Molecular insights into region-specific sexual dichromatism: Comparative transcriptome analysis of red cheek pigmentation in zebra finches

Author Countries: Taiwan, United States

Funding: This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (R35 GM150714, RO1 AR047364, R37 AR060306, RO1 AR078050 to CMC), National Science and Technology Council (Dragon Gate fellowship 104-2911-I-002-577 and 105-2911-I-002-520 to GWL; Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program fellowship 107-2917-I-564-024 to CKC), Taipei Medical University (107-5400-001-400, 109-5400-004-400, 111-5400-002-400 to GWL), Ministry of Education for iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center at National Chung Hsing University (Feature Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project MOE-112-S-0023-A to CKC, PCT and CFC), China Medical University and University of Southern California (005884-00001 to CMC). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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