{"id":610,"date":"2019-09-08T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T17:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/evolution\/?p=610"},"modified":"2020-06-02T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:12:05","slug":"high-standards-of-female-songbirds-could-be-driving-their-mates-to-evolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/evolution\/high-standards-of-female-songbirds-could-be-driving-their-mates-to-evolve\/","title":{"rendered":"High standards of female songbirds could be driving their mates to evolve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGbelaEKtXo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hearing longer love songs from songbirds in your backyard? Chalk it up to sexual preference \u2013 and high standards. New research on songbirds from graduate students Cristina Robinson and Kate Snyder in the lab of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creanzalab.com\/\">Nicole Creanza<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Evolution@91勛圖厙 member,  suggests that females, who are choosing males with the most elaborate songs as their potential partners, are influencing male songbirds to evolve toward learning (and practicing) songs throughout their lives \u2013 an evolutionary occurrence previously believed to be mainly a result of changes in a bird\u2019s environment, breeding season, or migration. The study appeared in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/elifesciences.org\/articles\/44454\"><em>eLife<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/09\/04\/high-standards-of-female-songbirds-could-be-driving-their-mates-to-evolve\/\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing longer love songs from songbirds in your backyard? Chalk it up to sexual preference \u2013 and high standards. 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