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Original paper

Convergent regulatory evolution and loss of flight in paleognathous birds

Science44.70
Volume: 364, Issue: 6435, Pages: 74 - 78
Published: Apr 4, 2019
Abstract
All roads lead to regulation Species from widely divergent taxa can experience similar changes in traits. What underlying genetic drivers cause these parallel changes remains an open question. Sackton et al. looked across groups of birds that have repeatedly lost flight, the ratites and tinamous, and found that there is convergence in the regulatory regions associated with genes related to flight, but not within the protein coding regions....
Paper Details
Title
Convergent regulatory evolution and loss of flight in paleognathous birds
Published Date
Apr 4, 2019
Journal
Volume
364
Issue
6435
Pages
74 - 78
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