Publikationen von Meng-Ching Ko

Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Sohnius-Wilhelmi, N.; Alcami, P.; Gahr, M.: From silence to song: Testosterone triggers extensive transcriptional changes in the female canary HVC. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, e13476 (2025)

Low, G. W.; Pavlova, A.; Gan, H. M.; Ko, M.-C.; Sadanandan, K. R.; Lee, Y. P.; Amos, J. N.; Austin, L.; Falk, S.; Dowling, D. K. et al.; Sunnucks, P.: Accelerated differentiation of neo-W nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes between two climate-associated bird lineages signals potential co-evolution with mitogenomes. Heredity 133 (5), S. 342 - 354 (2024)

Sadanandan, K. R.; Ko, M.-C.; Low, G. W.; Gahr, M.; Edwards, S. V.; Hiller, M.; Sackton, T. B.; Rheindt, F. E.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Baldwin, M. W.: Convergence in hearing-related genes between echolocating birds and mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (43), e23073401 (2023)

Cockburn, G.; Ko, M.-C.; Sadanandan, K. R.; Miller, E. T.; Nakagita, T.; Monte, A.; Cho, S.; Roura, E.; Toda, Y.; Baldwin, M. W.: Synergism, bifunctionality, and the evolution of a gradual sensory trade-off in hummingbird taste receptors. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (2), msab367 (2022)

Cramer, J. F.; Miller, E. T.; Ko, M.-C.; Liang, Q.; Cockburn, G.; Nakagita, T.; Cardinale, M.; Fusani, L.; Toda, Y.; Baldwin, M. W.: A single residue confers selective loss of sugar sensing in wrynecks. Current Biology 32 (19), S. 4270 - 4278.e5 (2022)

Liang, Q.; Ko, M.-C.; Ng, N. S. R.; Reh, B.; Lee, J. G. H.; Yamashita, A.; Nishihara, H.; Toda, Y.; Baldwin, M. W.: T1R2-mediated sweet sensing in a lizard. Current Biology 32 (23), S. R1302 - R1303 (2022)

Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.: The gene expression profile of the song control nucleus HVC shows sex specificity, hormone responsiveness, and species specificity among songbirds. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15, 680530 (2021)

Toda, Y.; Ko, M.-C.; Liang, Q.; Miller, E. T.; Rico-Guevara, A.; Nakagita, T.; Sakakibara, A.; Uemura, K.; Sackton, T.; Hayakawa, T. et al.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Ishimaru, Y.; Misaka, T.; Oteiza, P.; Crall, J.; Edwards, S. V.; Buttemer, W.; Matsumura, S.; Baldwin, M. W.: Early origin of sweet perception in the songbird radiation. Science 373 (6551), S. 226 - 231 (2021)

Baldwin, M. W.; Ko, M.-C.: Functional evolution of vertebrate sensory receptors. Hormones and Behavior 124, 104771 (2020)

Ko, M.-C.; van Meir, V.; Vellema, M.; Gahr, M.: Characteristics of song, brain-anatomy and blood androgen levels in spontaneously singing female canaries. Hormones and Behavior 117, 104614 (2020)

Dittrich, F.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Ko, M.-C.; Diales da Rocha, M.; Leitner, S.; Gahr, M.: Wie Geschlechtshormone den Vogelgesang regulieren. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2015)

Dittrich, F.; Ramenda, C.; Grillitsch, D.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Ko, M.-C.; Hertel, M.; Goymann, W.; Ter Maat, A.; Gahr, M.: Regulatory mechanisms of testosterone-stimulated song in the sensorimotor nucleus HVC of female songbirds. BMC Neuroscience 15 (1), 128 (2014)

Ko, M. C.; Lee, L. J.-H.; Li, Y.; Lee, L.-J.: Long-term consequences of neonatal fluoxetine exposure in adult rats. Developmental Neurobiology 74 (10), S. 1038 - 1051 (2014)

Vellema, M.; Ko, M.-C.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: What makes a marker a good marker? Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 84 (1), S. 5 - 7 (2014)

Wang, Y. C.; Ho, U. C.; Ko, M. C.; Liao , C. C.; Lee , L. J.: Differential neuronal changes in medial prefrontal cortex, basolateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens after postweaning social isolation. Brain Structure & Function 217 (2), S. 337 - 351 (2012)