Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks

11 febrero 2015

Darwin’s finches, inhabiting the Galapagos archipelago and Cocos island, constitute an iconic model for studies of speciation and adaptive evolution. A team of scientists has now shed light on the evolutionary history of these birds and identified a gene that explains variation in beak shape within and among species.
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