Superfast muscles control dove's trill

C.P.H. Elemans; I.L.Y. Spierts; U.K. Müller; J.L. van Leeuwen; F. Goller

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Superfast muscles control dove's trill

C.P.H. Elemans, I.L.Y. Spierts, U.K. Müller, J.L. van Leeuwen, F. Goller

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Bird songs frequently contain trilling sounds that demand extremely fast vocalization control1, 2. Here we show that doves control their syrinx, a vocal organ that is unique to birds, by using superfast muscles. These muscles, which are similar to those that operate highly specialist acoustic organs such as the rattle of the rattlesnake, are among the fastest vertebrate muscles known and could be much more widespread than previously thought if they are the principal muscle type used to control bird songs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-146
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	431
Issue number	7005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/431146a
Publication status	Published - 2004

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vocalizations
syrinx
song

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