Special Lecture
Monday, September 28th, 2015
4:00 p.m., Carson Family Auditorium (CRC)
Erich Jarvis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Neurobiology,
Duke University Medical Center
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Vocal Learning and Spoken Language
Recommended Readings
Jarvis, E. D., Mirarab, S., Aberer, A. J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., … & Samaniego, J. A. (2014). Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346(6215), 1320-1331. doi:10.1126/science.1253451.
Jarvis, E. D., Mirarab, S., Aberer, A. J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., … & Avian Phylogenomics Consortium. (2015). Phylogenomic analyses data of the avian phylogenomics project. GigaScience, 4(1), 1-9. doi:10.1186/s13742-014-0038-1.
Pfenning, A. R., Hara, E., Whitney, O., Rivas, M. V., Wang, R., Roulhac, P. L., … & Jarvis, E. D. (2014). Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds. Science, 346(6215), 1256846. doi:10.1126/science.1256846.
Whitney, O., Pfenning, A. R., Howard, J. T., Blatti, C. A., Liu, F., Ward, J. M., … & Jarvis, E. D. (2014). Core and region-enriched networks of behaviorally regulated genes and the singing genome. Science, 346(6215), 1256780. doi: 10.1126/science.1256780.
Zhang, G., Li, C., Li, Q., Li, B., Larkin, D. M., Lee, C., … & Ganapathy, G. (2014). Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. Science, 346(6215), 1311-1320. doi:10.1126/science.1251385.
