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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Courtship Display"”.
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Social context shapes individual variation in behavior, learning, and neural gene expression in a swordtail fish
… genetically-influenced male mating strategies (courtship display, coercion, and mixed strategy). In males, we found that coercive males are bolder but have decreased spatial cognition abilities compared to mixed-strategy and courting males. In females, we conducted a social rearing experiment …
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Avian Cerebellum Specialization in Relation to Acrobatic Courtship Displays in Manakins (Pipridae)
The courtship displays of male manakins (Pipridae) involve an array of acrobatic and postural elements. Previously it was found that species with elaborate displays exhibit specializations in motor planning and coordination areas of the brain. Several studies have suggested a relationship between …
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A Proximate Perspective on the Cooperative Behavior of a Lekking Passerine
… of individual variation in the cooperative courtship behaviors of male wire-tailed manakins (Pipra filicauda), a Neotropical lekking songbird. Wire-tailed manakins exhibit cooperative courtship display behaviors wherein both floater and territory-holding males perform coordinated courtship …
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Central Expression of Sex Steroid Receptors during the Ring Dove (Streptopeliarisoria) Breeding Cycle
… of both sexes, PR-ir cells increased during courtship and significantly decreased in brooding birds. In the anterior hypothalamus of both sexes, no significant change in PR-ir density was observed. However, a significant increase (p<0.05) of PR-ir neurones was seen 'in the ventral and lateral …