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(Submitter supplied) A major challenge in biology is to link cellular and molecular variations with behavioral phenotypes. Here, we approached this by studying somatosensory neurons from a panel of bird species from the family Anatidae, known for their tactile-based foraging behavior. We found that tactile specialists exhibit a proportional expansion of neuronal mechanoreceptors in trigeminal ganglia. The expansion of mechanoreceptors occurs via neurons with intermediately and slowly inactivating mechano-current. more...

Organism:

Gallus gallus; Anas platyrhynchos; Aythya affinis; Aix sponsa; Histrionicus histrionicus; Oxyura jamaicensis; Anas rubripes

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

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21 Samples

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