Shared transcriptional responses to con- and heterospecific behavioral antagonists in a wild songbird
M. I. M. Louder, M. J. Lafayette, A. N. A. Louder, F. M. K. Uy, C. Balakrishnan, K. Yasukawa, M. E. Hauber
The paper examines gene expression responses in red-winged blackbirds to conspecific and heterospecific antagonists, finding shared immune-related downregulation and distinct metabolic upregulation in response to conspecifics.
bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition