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Finches

Known as: Finch 
Common name for small PASSERIFORMES in the family Fringillidae. They have a short stout bill (BEAK) adapted for crushing SEEDS. Some species of Old… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Two developmental modules establish 3D beak-shape variation in Darwin's finches
Bird beaks display tremendous variation in shape and size, which is closely associated with the exploitation of multiple… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Comparative landscape genetics and the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches: the role of peripheral isolation
We use genetic divergence at 16 microsatellite loci to investigate how geographical features of the Galápagos landscape structure… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Dietary carotenoids predict plumage coloration in wild house finches
Carotenoid pigments are a widespread source of ornamental coloration in vertebrates and expression of carotenoid–based colour… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Signaling Individual Identity versus Quality: A Model and Case Studies with Ruffs, Queleas, and House Finches
We develop an evolutionary model that predicts that characters selected to signal individual identity will have properties… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolated from house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) with conjunctivitis.
An epornitic of conjunctivitis in free-flying house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) occurred in several mid-Atlantic and eastern… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Brain pathways for learned and unlearned vocalizations differ in zebra finches
Male zebra finches sing, females do not. However, both sexes produce the “long call”when placed in visual isolation. This call is… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Axonal connections of a forebrain nucleus involved with vocal learning in zebra finches
Connections of a telencephalic vocal‐control nucleus, the lateral magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum (lMAN), were… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Ecological Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches
Character displacement resulting from interspecific competition has been extremely difficult to demonstrate. The problem was… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Intense Natural Selection in a Population of Darwin's Finches (Geospizinae) in the Gal�pagos
Survival of Darwin's finches through a drought on Daphne Major Island was nonrandom. Large birds, especially males with large… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Sexual dimorphism in vocal control areas of the songbird brain.
In canaries and zebra finches, three vocal control areas in the brain are strikingly larger in males than in females. A fourth… 
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