Magnolia Warbler (IMAGE)

Penn State

Magnolia Warbler

Caption

A new study led by researchers at Penn State has uncovered several instances of wood warblers — like the Magnolia Warbler pictured here — passing color-related genes to other species of wood warblers, including those that are not closely related.

Credit

Davey Walters

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