Wu, Zhou https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8840-9630
Hindle, Matthew M.
Bishop, Valerie R.
Reid, Angus M. A.
Miedzinska, Katarzyna
Pérez, Jonathan H.
Krause, Jesse S.
Wingfield, John C.
Meddle, Simone L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-1332
Smith, Jacqueline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-7872
Article History
Received: 24 July 2024
Accepted: 4 December 2024
First Online: 19 December 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The samples used in this study were collected from the male adult Lapland longspur (<i>Calcarius lapponicus</i>). The work was approved by the University of California, Davis, USA Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (AICUC) under protocol 19758, United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Federal MB90026B-0 and The Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body at the Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, UK. We have complied with all relevant ethical regulations for animal use.