Publications of Carolina Frankl-Vilches

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)

Peona, V.; Blom, M. P. K.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Milá, B.; Ashari, H.; Thébaud, C.; Benz, B. W.; Christidis, L.; Gahr, M.; Irestedt, M. et al.; Suh, A.: The hidden structural variability in avian genomes. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Lengyel, K.; Rudra, M.; Berghof, T. V. L.; Leitao, A.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Dittrich, F.; Duda, D.; Klinger, R.; Schleibinger, S.; Sid, H. et al.; Trost, L.; Vikkula, H.; Schusser, B.; Gahr, M.: Unveiling the critical role of androgen receptor signaling in avian sexual development. Nature Communications 15, 8970 (2024)

Monte, A.; Leitao, A.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; da Matos, R. S.; Trappschuh, M.; da Silva, M. L.; Gahr, M.: Testosterone treatment unveils testosterone-insensitive song in an early-branched hummingbird. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 36 (1), pp. 41 - 69 (2024)

Khalil, S.; Enbody, E. D.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Welklin, J. F.; Koch, R. E.; Toomey, M. B.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Edwards, S. V.; Gahr, M.; Schwabl, H. et al.; Webster, M. S.; Karubian, J.: Testosterone coordinates gene expression across different tissues to produce carotenoid-based red ornamentation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (4), msad056 (2023)

Alcami, P.; Totagera, S.; Sohnius-Wilhelmi, N.; Leitner, S.; Grothe, B.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: Extensive GJD2 expression in the song motor pathway reveals the extent of electrical synapses in the songbird brain. Biology 10 (11), 1099 (2021)

Diddens, J.; Coussement, L.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Majumdar, G.; Steyaert, S.; ter Haar, S. M.; Galle, J.; de Meester, E.; de Keulenaer, S.; van Criekinge, W. et al.; Cornil, C. A.; Balthazart, J.; van der Linden, A.; de Meyer, T.; Berghe, W. V.: DNA methylation regulates transcription factor specific neurodevelopmental but not sexually dimorphic gene expression dynamics in zebra finch telencephalon. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9, 583555 (2021)

Gessara, I.; Dittrich, F.; Hertel, M.; Hildebrand, S.; Pfeifer, A.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; McGrew, M.; Gahr, M.: Highly efficient genome modification of cultured primordial germ cells with lentiviral vectors to generate transgenic songbirds. Stem Cell Reports 16 (4), pp. 784 - 796 (2021)

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)

Kuhl, H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Mayr, G.; Nikolaus, G.; Boerno, S. T.; Klages, S.; Timmermann, B.; Gahr, M.: An unbiased molecular approach using 3’-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (1), pp. 108 - 127 (2021)

Boman, J.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; da Silva dos Santos, M.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.; Gahr, M.; Suh, A.: The genome of blue-capped cordon-bleu uncovers hidden diversity of LTR retrotransposons in zebra finch. Genes 10 (4), 301 (2019)

Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: Androgen and estrogen sensitivity of bird song: A comparative view on gene regulatory levels. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 204 (1), pp. 113 - 126 (2018)

da Silva dos Santos, M.; Kretschmer, R.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; O'Brien, P. C. M.; Ferguson-Smith, M. A.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.: Comparative cytogenetics between two important songbird models: The zebra finch and the canary. PLoS One 12 (1), e0170997 (2017)

Steyaert, S.; Diddens, J.; Galle, J.; De Meester, E.; De Keulenaer, S.; Bakker, A.; Sohnius-Wilhelmi, N.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; van der Linden, A.; van Criekinge, W. et al.; Berghe, W. V.; De Meyer, T.: A genome-wide search for epigenetically regulated genes in zebra finch using MethylCap-seq and RNA-seq. Scientific Reports 6, 20957 (2016)

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)

Frankl-Vilches, C.; Kuhl, H.; Werber, M.; Klages, S.; Kerick, M.; Bakker, A.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.; Reusch, C.; Capuano, F.; Vowinckel, J. et al.; Leitner, S.; Ralser, M.; Timmermann, B.; Gahr, M.: Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds. Genome Biology 16, 19 (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)

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), pp. 5 - 7 (2014)

Dittrich, F.; Ter Maat, A.; Jansen, R. F.; Pieneman, A. W.; Hertel, M.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.: Maximized song learning of juvenile male zebra finches following BDNF expression in the HVC. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 38 (9), pp. 3338 - 3344 (2013)

Hartog, T. E.; Dittrich, F.; Pieneman, A. W.; Jansen, R. F.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Lessmann, V.; Lilliehook, C.; Goldman, S. A.; Gahr, M.: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in the HVC is required for testosterone-induced song of female canaries. The Journal of Neuroscience 29 (49), pp. 15511 - 15519 (2009)

Vilches, S.; Castillo, A.: A double-stranded RNA mycovirus in Botrytis cinerea. FEMS Microbiology Letters 155 (1), pp. 125 - 130 (1997)

Vilches, S.: Metabolic engineering of saccharomyces cerevisiae using antisense hammerhead ribozymes. Dissertation, Technische Universität, Berlin (2004)