Beyond Darwin's Finch (IMAGE)

Louisiana State University

Beyond Darwin's Finch

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Scientists completed the largest whole genome study of a single class of animals to date by mapping the tree of life for birds. Avian genetic samples from Louisiana State University's Museum of Natural Science, which has one of the largest vertebrate tissue collections in the world, were used for this study.

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Photo by Eddy Perez, LSU University Relations

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