Like Father Like Son: Cultural and Genetic Contributions to Song Inheritance in an Estrildid Finch.

ABSTRACT: Social learning of vocalizations is integral to song inheritance in oscine passerines. However, other factors, such as genetic inheritance and the developmental environment, can also influence song phenotype. The relative contributions of these factors can have a strong influence on song evolution and may affect important evolutionary processes such as speciation. However, relative contributions are well-described only for a few species and are likely to vary with taxonomy. Using archived song data, we examined patterns of song inheritance in a domestic population of Java sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora), some of which had been cross-fostered. Six-hundred and seventy-six songs from 73 birds were segmented and classified into notes and note subtypes (N = 22,972), for which a rang

SUBMITTER: Lewis RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213215 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature