Friday 12 December 2014

International team maps 'big bang' of bird evolution

FLORA AND FAUNA
International team maps 'big bang' of bird evolution
Beijing (SPX) Dec 12, 2014 - The genomes of modern birds tell a story of how they emerged and evolved after the mass extinction that wiped out dinosaurs and almost everything else 66 million years ago. That story is now coming to light, thanks to an ambitious international collaboration that has been underway for four years. The first findings of the Avian Phylogenomics Consortium are being reported nearly simultaneou ... more


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