Matthew H. Davenport

A human-specific CCG insertion in the RBFOX1 promoter boosts EGR1-driven reporter activity in HEK293T cells, as does an autism-linked CCG-gaining duplication in PTCHD1.

This paper presents the first fully phased, diploid, telomere-to-telomere genome of the zebra finch, revealing new genes and structural features.

The paper identifies Z chromosome genes whose expression is influenced by estrogen treatment and associated with vocal learning in female zebra finches.

This study examines the effects of estrogen on vocal learning in zebra finches, finding that estrogen suppression in males impairs song learning but not nucleus size or most transcriptome features, while estrogen treatment in females preserves song system function.