Donna L. Maney

The paper shows a single gene, VIP, has opposing roles in aggression and parental care in white-throated sparrows through differential expression in brain regions linked to a supergene.

The paper evaluates how often studies in behavioral and brain sciences properly test for sex-dependent effects, finding that only 24% of relevant articles use appropriate statistical methods.

This study examines oxytocin receptor expression in zebra finch brains during vocal development and finds it persists from post-hatch day 5 to adulthood.

The paper shows DNA methylation changes linked to development and chromosomal suppression of recombination in white-throated sparrows, with implications for genome integrity and gene expression.

The paper shows that a single gene within a supergene contributes to aggressive behavior in white-throated sparrows through allelic imbalance and regulatory variation.