The Songbird Neurogenomics (SoNG) Initiative: Community-based tools and strategies for study of brain gene function and evolution

Table 7 Proposed "Community Collaborations" for songbird microarray studies.

				Primary Contrast (question)
#	Locale	Group	Species	1	2	3	4	5
1	AZ	A*	Zebra finch			•
2	WA	B	White-crowned sparrow					•
3	NY	C*	Zebra finch			•	•
4	NY	C*	Zebra finch			•	•
5	Hungary	D*	Long-tailed, great & penduline tit	•	•
6	CA north	E*	House finch, red crossbill	•				•
7	MI/CA	F	Zebra finch		•	•
8	MI/CA	F	Zebra finch		•
9	MI/CA	F	Zebra finch		•
10	MI/CA	F	Zebra finch		•	•
11	Netherlands	G*	Zebra finch				•
12	AZ (Phoenix)	H*	House finch					•
13	AZ (Tempe)	H*	White-crowned sparrow					•
14	IN	I*	White-throated sparrow	•	•
15	FL	J*	Zebra finch			•	•	•
16	MD	K	European starling					•
17	OR	L	Zebra finch	•			•
18	OR	L	Parrot, hummingbird				•
19	OR	L	Zebra finch				•
20	US West	M*	Thrush, Junco, House sparrow, Cordillerian flycatcher	•
21	IL	N	Zebra finch				•
22	IL	N	Zebra finch			•	•
23	IL	N	Zebra finch				•
24	IL	O	Zebra finch			•
25	WA	P*	Song sparrow	•				•
CGH	14 non-Tgu species proposed

Experiments (identified by # in first column) were nominated by investigators in the community following specific guidelines (Additional File 2). Investigator groups are indicated by Locale and a "group" letter code (columns 2 and 3); asterisk indicates investigators outside of the core group responsible for program development. Experiments were classified according to the Primary Contrast (question) defined by the experimental design, with these general contrasts as indicated by number in the table: 1, Comparative; 2, Brain Sex; 3, Critical Period; 4, Activational; 5, Environmental. CGH: Comparative Genomic Hybridizations validating zebra finch array use against the 14 other species proposed for study across all experiments.

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