Why the Galapagos Cormorant Lost its Ability to Fly (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Why the Galapagos Cormorant Lost its Ability to Fly (3 of 3)

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How did the Galapagos cormorant lose its ability to fly? The answer lies in its genes. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 2, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Burga at University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues was titled, 'A genetic signature of the evolution of loss of flight in the Galapagos cormorant.'

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