Behaviour-genetic analysis of canary song: inter-strain differences in sensory learning, and epigenetic rules

Mundinger, Paul C.

doi:10.1016/0003-3472(95)80006-9

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“…They are known for the presentation of syllables in the canary (routines in Mundinger 1995), for the organisation of song types in the nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos, Hultsch and Todt 1989), and, in a certain way, in every bird with song types (a song type is a given sequence of syllables). Ordinal rules may be widespread in songbirds.…”

Section: Song Organisationmentioning

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Song organisation and patterns of variation in the serin ( Serinus serinus )

Mota

Cardoso

2001

Acta ethologica

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This article describes the organisation of song in the serin (Serinus serinus) and analyses its variation among individuals. Serins have a repertoire of about 50 complex syllables that are sung at a very fast rate and in a very stereotyped order, forming discrete songs. Songs are high pitched for the serin's body size. Song organisation is circular, with a limited number of starting points. Songs can stop at any point in their cycling. Within songs there are trilled sections and fast, non-repeated sections that account for the greatest part of songs. These two modes of singing also differ in average inter-element intervals and probably in their respiratory kinematics. Bird repertoire size was measured and the difficulties of measuring it in this species are discussed. Repertoires are individually specific and have a variable amount of syllable sharing with other birds. We found evidence for geographical variation in the composition of repertoires. Considering our current knowledge of song in carduelines, the stereotyped and circular nature of serin song appear to be unique within this group of birds.

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Section: Song Organisationmentioning

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Song organisation and patterns of variation in the serin ( Serinus serinus )

Mota

Cardoso

2001

Acta ethologica

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“…Birds trained with harmonic overtones learned to sing songs with harmonic overtones, but 1 year later, 85% of their songs reverted back to innate pure tone patterns (Nowicki and Marler, 1988). Further experiments by Mundinger (1995) attempted to determine the relative contribution of genetics and learning in bird song. Inbred lines of roller and border canaries were used in this study along with a hybrid cross of the two.…”

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Behavioral Genetics and Animal Science

Grandin

Deesing²

2014

Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals

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“…The songs used during both tests were identical, and the socially and sexually experienced females showed no more preference between their wild tutoring song and two songs from the domestic strain (Nagle and Kreutzer 1997a). The consequences of early and late tutoring on males' song performance learning have also been studied in domestic canary strains (Mundinger 1995). Using phonotaxis techniques, Clayton (1988) demonstrated that young female zebra finches early tutored with a live adult male and re-exposed to another live adult tutor from 4 to 6 months of life, after the sensitive period is supposed to be completed in this species, were still capable of song discriminating learning.…”

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Sexual preferences for songs in female domestic canaries ( Serinus canaria ): can late song exposure, without social reinforcement, influence the effects of early tutoring?

2004

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We studied the relative effects of early and late song exposure without social reinforcement on female sexual preferences in the domestic canary (Serinus canaria). Young female canaries were tape-tutored during their first 4 months of life with songs of either domestic or wild male canaries (DT and WT conditions). When they reached sexual maturity, these females were placed in breeding conditions and some of them were re-exposed to songs. During this "late exposure" the females, according to their experimental group, were either presented with new domestic or wild songs (DL and WL conditions) over 40 days, or were kept without song stimulation (− condition). Afterwards, we assessed the sexual preferences of all the females for domestic or wild songs using the copulation solicitation display assay. The results showed that both DT/-and DT/DL females showed a clear preference for domestic songs. However, whereas WT/WL females preferred wild songs; WT/-females did not show any preference. Finally, DT/WL and WT/DL females failed to show any preference. It appeared that a second song experience at the beginning of their first breeding season, without any social reinforcement, allowed the emergence or stabilisation of early preferences, or interfered with these early preferences depending on whether the song category used during the late exposure phase matched or not the song category used during the early tutoring phase, and also depending on which category was used during the first tutoring phase. This behavioural plasticity could help young adult females to adjust the 'standard' they built during infancy to new environmental conditions.

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Behaviour-genetic analysis of canary song: inter-strain differences in sensory learning, and epigenetic rules

Cited by 69 publications

References 12 publications

Song organisation and patterns of variation in the serin ( Serinus serinus )

Song organisation and patterns of variation in the serin ( Serinus serinus )

Behavioral Genetics and Animal Science

Sexual preferences for songs in female domestic canaries ( Serinus canaria ): can late song exposure, without social reinforcement, influence the effects of early tutoring?

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