Neurogenomics of sex-role reversal in a shorebird species

We examined the extent to which aggression and parenting may be mediated by different neurogenomic mechanisms, by comparing females and males in the Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa), a sex-role reversed shorebird. We conducted RNA-Seq in two brain regions within the social behavior network: the nucleus taeniae and preoptic area of the hypothalamus.