New DNA Data Confirms Small, Gliding Mammals Are Sister Group of Primates (IMAGE)

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New DNA Data Confirms Small, Gliding Mammals Are Sister Group of Primates

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A photo of a colugo, with young. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 12, 2016, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by V.C. Mason at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, and colleagues was titled, "Genomic analysis reveals hidden biodiversity within colugos, the sister group to primates."

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