Role of Membrane Bound G-protein Coupled Estrogen Receptor Gpr30 and Z-linked Ribosomal Gene S6 (rps6) in Sexually Dimorphic Development of the Zebra Finch Brain

............................................................................................36 Introduction.........................................................................................37 Materials and methods.............................................................................40 Results................................................................................................48 Discussion...........................................................................................59 Acknowledgements.................................................................................69 References............................................................................................69 CHAPTER III. Use of differential display reverse transcription (DDRT) PCR to identify differentially expressed genes in the telencephalon of early post-hatching male and female zebra finches .............................................................................82 Abstract..............................................................................................82 Introduction.........................................................................................83 Materials and methods.............................................................................84 Results...............................................................................................86 Discussion..........................................................................................88 References............................................................................................91